#4E4B48#4E4B48

#4E4B48 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.006 H 67.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B48
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 72)
HSL	hsl(30, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(30, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 0.61, 2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 2.31, 74.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0024 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.006 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8275, 7.1198, 7.1442)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B48 #484B4E

analogous

#4E4848 #4E4B48 #4E4E48

triadic

#4E4B48 #484E4B #4B484E

tetradic

#4E4B48 #484E48 #484B4E #4E484E

square

#4E4B48 #484E48 #484B4E #4E484E

split-complementary

#4E4B48 #484E4E #48484E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2C2B #4E4B48 #6E6A65 #8D8883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4E4B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4E4B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B48

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B48	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.006 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d7a',
    500: '#4e4b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b48;
$custom-light: #7f7d7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41471,
    "c": 0.00635,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B48

secondary

#76797C

accent

#94AD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B48

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

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