#4E4D48#4E4D48

#4E4D48 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.008 H 97.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D48
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(50, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, -0.64, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 3.17, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% -0.0011 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.008 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9653, 7.3954, 7.1901)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D48 #48494E

analogous

#4E4A48 #4E4D48 #4C4E48

triadic

#4E4D48 #484E4D #4D484E

tetradic

#4E4D48 #484E4A #48494E #4E484C

square

#4E4D48 #484E4A #48494E #4E484C

split-complementary

#4E4D48 #484C4E #4A484E

monochromatic

#10100F #2E2E2B #4E4D48 #6E6C65 #8D8B83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4E4D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E4D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D48

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D48	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.008 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e7a',
    500: '#4e4d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d48;
$custom-light: #7f7e7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41952,
    "c": 0.00823,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D48

secondary

#76777C

accent

#83AD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D48

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

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