#4E4C50#4E4C50

#4E4C50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.007 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C50
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 80)
HSL	hsl(270, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 5%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.63, 1.69, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.63, 2.68, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.0044 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.007 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1740, 7.3678, 8.6320)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C50 #4E504C

analogous

#4C4C50 #4E4C50 #504C50

triadic

#4E4C50 #504E4C #4C504E

tetradic

#4E4C50 #504C4C #4E504C #4C5050

square

#4E4C50 #504C4C #4E504C #4C5050

split-complementary

#4E4C50 #50504C #4C504C

monochromatic

#111011 #2F2E31 #4E4C50 #6D6A6F #8B888E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#4E4C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E4C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C50

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C50	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.007 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e81',
    500: '#4e4c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c50;
$custom-light: #7f7e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.564,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41986,
    "c": 0.00702,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C50

secondary

#7C7E7A

accent

#AC7C94

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C50

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

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