#4E4B49#4E4B49

#4E4B49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.005 H 56.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B49
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 73)
HSL	hsl(24, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(24, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 0.82, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 1.83, 63.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% 0.0029 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.005 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8604, 7.1329, 7.3174)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B49 #494C4E

analogous

#4E494A #4E4B49 #4E4E49

triadic

#4E4B49 #494E4B #4B494E

tetradic

#4E4B49 #4A4E49 #494C4E #4E494E

square

#4E4B49 #4A4E49 #494C4E #4E494E

split-complementary

#4E4B49 #494E4E #494A4E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2D2B #4E4B49 #6E6967 #8D8885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#4E4B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B49

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B49	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.005 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d7b',
    500: '#4e4b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b49;
$custom-light: #7f7d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41504,
    "c": 0.00518,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B49

secondary

#777A7C

accent

#99AD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B49

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

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