#4E4D4B#4E4D4B

#4E4D4B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.004 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D4B
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 75)
HSL	hsl(40, 2%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(40, 4%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, -0.02, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 1.33, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.0003 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.004 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0656, 7.4355, 7.7182)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D4B #4B4C4E

analogous

#4E4B4B #4E4D4B #4E4E4B

triadic

#4E4D4B #4B4E4D #4D4B4E

tetradic

#4E4D4B #4B4E4B #4B4C4E #4E4B4E

square

#4E4D4B #4B4E4B #4B4C4E #4E4B4E

split-complementary

#4E4D4B #4B4E4E #4B4B4E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2F2E2D #4E4D4B #6D6C69 #8C8A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E4D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E4D4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D4B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D4B	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.004 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e7d',
    500: '#4e4d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d4b;
$custom-light: #7f7e7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 1.961,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4205,
    "c": 0.00353,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D4B

secondary

#797A7C

accent

#8CAB7D

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D4B

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

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