#4E4C44#4E4C44

#4E4C44 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.013 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C44
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(48, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 12.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, -0.81, 5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 5.12, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% -0.0012 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.013 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7696, 7.2060, 6.5020)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C44 #44464E

analogous

#4E4744 #4E4C44 #4B4E44

triadic

#4E4C44 #444E4C #4C444E

tetradic

#4E4C44 #444E47 #44464E #4E444B

square

#4E4C44 #444E47 #44464E #4E444B

split-complementary

#4E4C44 #444B4E #47444E

monochromatic

#10100E #2D2C27 #4E4C44 #6F6C61 #8E8B7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#4E4C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C44

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C44	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.013 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e77',
    500: '#4e4c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c44;
$custom-light: #7f7e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41585,
    "c": 0.01322,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C44

secondary

#71737D

accent

#83B078

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C44

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

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