#4E4D51#4E4D51

#4E4D51 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.007 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D51
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 81)
HSL	hsl(255, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(255, 5%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 1.29, -2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 2.56, 300.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.0031 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.007 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2807, 7.5215, 8.8512)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D51 #50514D

analogous

#4D4E51 #4E4D51 #504D51

triadic

#4E4D51 #514E4D #4D514E

tetradic

#4E4D51 #514D4E #50514D #4D5150

square

#4E4D51 #514D4E #50514D #4D5150

split-complementary

#4E4D51 #51504D #4E514D

monochromatic

#121112 #302F32 #4E4D51 #6C6B70 #8B898F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#4E4D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E4D51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D51

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D51	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.007 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e81',
    500: '#4e4d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d51;
$custom-light: #7f7e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 2.532,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4226,
    "c": 0.00666,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D51

secondary

#7E7F7B

accent

#AC7CA0

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D51

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

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