#4E4D49#4E4D49

#4E4D49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.007 H 95.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D49
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(48, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, -0.43, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 2.55, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% -0.0006 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.007 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9982, 7.4085, 7.3634)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D49 #494A4E

analogous

#4E4B49 #4E4D49 #4D4E49

triadic

#4E4D49 #494E4D #4D494E

tetradic

#4E4D49 #494E4B #494A4E #4E494D

square

#4E4D49 #494E4B #494A4E #4E494D

split-complementary

#4E4D49 #494D4E #4B494E

monochromatic

#10100F #2E2E2B #4E4D49 #6E6C67 #8D8B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#4E4D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E4D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D49

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D49	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.007 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e7b',
    500: '#4e4d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d49;
$custom-light: #7f7e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41984,
    "c": 0.00664,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D49

secondary

#77787C

accent

#85AD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D49

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

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