#4E4C49#4E4C49

#4E4C49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.006 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C49
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(36, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 0.19, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 2.08, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.0011 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.006 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9288, 7.2697, 7.3402)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C49 #494B4E

analogous

#4E4A49 #4E4C49 #4E4E49

triadic

#4E4C49 #494E4C #4C494E

tetradic

#4E4C49 #494E4A #494B4E #4E494E

square

#4E4C49 #494E4A #494B4E #4E494E

split-complementary

#4E4C49 #494E4E #4A494E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2D2B #4E4C49 #6E6B67 #8D8985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4E4C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4E4C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C49

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C49	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.006 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e7b',
    500: '#4e4c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c49;
$custom-light: #7f7e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41744,
    "c": 0.00559,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C49

secondary

#77797C

accent

#8FAD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C49

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

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