#4E4E43#4E4E43

#4E4E43 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.018 H 107.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E43
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(60, 14%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, -2.24, 6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 6.90, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% -0.0052 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.018 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8793, 7.4738, 6.3893)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E43 #43434E

analogous

#4E4843 #4E4E43 #484E43

triadic

#4E4E43 #434E4E #4E434E

tetradic

#4E4E43 #434E48 #43434E #4E4348

square

#4E4E43 #434E48 #43434E #4E4348

split-complementary

#4E4E43 #43484E #48434E

monochromatic

#10100E #2D2D27 #4E4E43 #6F6F5F #8F8F7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#4E4E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E4E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E43

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E43	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.018 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f77',
    500: '#4e4e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e43;
$custom-light: #7f7f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.586,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42042,
    "c": 0.01768,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E43

secondary

#70707D

accent

#77B177

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E43

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

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