#4E4A50#4E4A50

#4E4A50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.011 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A50
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 80)
HSL	hsl(280, 4%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(280, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.03, 2.96, -2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.03, 4.19, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% 0.0078 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.011 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0384, 7.0965, 8.5868)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A50 #4C504A

analogous

#4B4A50 #4E4A50 #504A4F

triadic

#4E4A50 #504E4A #4A504E

tetradic

#4E4A50 #504B4A #4C504A #4A4F50

square

#4E4A50 #504B4A #4C504A #4A4F50

split-complementary

#4E4A50 #4F504A #4A504B

monochromatic

#100F10 #2F2D30 #4E4A50 #6D6770 #8C868F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#4E4A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E4A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A50

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A50	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.011 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c81',
    500: '#4e4a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a50;
$custom-light: #7f7c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 3.896,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41512,
    "c": 0.01109,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A50

secondary

#7A7E78

accent

#AD7B8C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A50

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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