#4E4C45#4E4C45

#4E4C45 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.012 H 93.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C45
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(47, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 11.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, -0.61, 4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 4.50, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% -0.0008 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.012 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8004, 7.2183, 6.6641)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C45 #45474E

analogous

#4E4845 #4E4C45 #4C4E45

triadic

#4E4C45 #454E4C #4C454E

tetradic

#4E4C45 #454E48 #45474E #4E454C

square

#4E4C45 #454E48 #45474E #4E454C

split-complementary

#4E4C45 #454C4E #48454E

monochromatic

#10100E #2E2C28 #4E4C45 #6E6C62 #8E8B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4E4C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C45

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C45	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.012 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e78',
    500: '#4e4c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c45;
$custom-light: #7f7e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41616,
    "c": 0.01166,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C45

secondary

#72757D

accent

#85AF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C45

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

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