#4E4C48#4E4C48

#4E4C48 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.007 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C48
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(40, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, -0.01, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 2.67, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0007 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.007 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8959, 7.2565, 7.1670)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C48 #484A4E

analogous

#4E4948 #4E4C48 #4D4E48

triadic

#4E4C48 #484E4C #4C484E

tetradic

#4E4C48 #484E49 #484A4E #4E484D

square

#4E4C48 #484E49 #484A4E #4E484D

split-complementary

#4E4C48 #484D4E #49484E

monochromatic

#10100F #2E2D2B #4E4C48 #6E6B65 #8D8A83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#4E4C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E4C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C48

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C48	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.007 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e7a',
    500: '#4e4c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c48;
$custom-light: #7f7e7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41711,
    "c": 0.00705,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C48

secondary

#76787C

accent

#8BAD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C48

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

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