#4E4D4E#4E4D4E

#4E4D4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.002 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D4E
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, 0.63, -0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 0.77, 324.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0017 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.002 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1707, 7.4775, 8.2718)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D4E #4D4E4D

analogous

#4D4D4E #4E4D4E #4E4D4D

triadic

#4E4D4E #4E4E4D #4D4E4E

tetradic

#4E4D4E #4E4D4D #4D4E4D #4D4D4E

square

#4E4D4E #4E4D4D #4D4E4D #4D4D4E

split-complementary

#4E4D4E #4D4E4D #4D4E4D

monochromatic

#101010 #2F2F2F #4E4D4E #6D6B6D #8B8A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#4E4D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E4D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D4E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D4E	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.002 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e7f',
    500: '#4e4d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d4e;
$custom-light: #7f7e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.645,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42153,
    "c": 0.00209,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D4E

secondary

#7B7C7B

accent

#AA7E7E

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D4E

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

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