#4E4D4A#4E4D4A

#4E4D4A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.005 H 91.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D4A
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(45, 5%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, -0.23, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 1.94, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% -0.0001 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.005 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0316, 7.4219, 7.5394)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D4A #4A4B4E

analogous

#4E4B4A #4E4D4A #4D4E4A

triadic

#4E4D4A #4A4E4D #4D4A4E

tetradic

#4E4D4A #4A4E4B #4A4B4E #4E4A4D

square

#4E4D4A #4A4E4B #4A4B4E #4E4A4D

split-complementary

#4E4D4A #4A4D4E #4B4A4E

monochromatic

#10100F #2F2E2C #4E4D4A #6D6C68 #8C8B86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4E4D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E4D4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D4A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D4A	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.005 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e7c',
    500: '#4e4d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d4a;
$custom-light: #7f7e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 2.632,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42017,
    "c": 0.00506,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D4A

secondary

#78797C

accent

#88AC7C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D4A

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

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