#4E4E44#4E4E44

#4E4E44 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.016 H 107.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E44
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, -2.05, 5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 6.27, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% -0.0047 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.016 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9095, 7.4859, 6.5486)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E44 #44444E

analogous

#4E4944 #4E4E44 #494E44

triadic

#4E4E44 #444E4E #4E444E

tetradic

#4E4E44 #444E49 #44444E #4E4449

square

#4E4E44 #444E49 #44444E #4E4449

split-complementary

#4E4E44 #44494E #49444E

monochromatic

#10100E #2D2D27 #4E4E44 #6F6F61 #8E8E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#4E4E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E4E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E44

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E44	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)

#504D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.016 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f77',
    500: '#4e4e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e44;
$custom-light: #7f7f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42072,
    "c": 0.0161,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E44

secondary

#71717D

accent

#78B078

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E44

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

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