#4E4E45#4E4E45

#4E4E45 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.015 H 107.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E45
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, -1.86, 5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 5.65, 109.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% -0.0042 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.015 107)
XYZ	xyz(6.9403, 7.4982, 6.7107)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E45 #45454E

analogous

#4E4A45 #4E4E45 #4A4E45

triadic

#4E4E45 #454E4E #4E454E

tetradic

#4E4E45 #454E4A #45454E #4E454A

square

#4E4E45 #454E4A #45454E #4E454A

split-complementary

#4E4E45 #454A4E #4A454E

monochromatic

#10100E #2E2E28 #4E4E45 #6E6E62 #8E8E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#4E4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E4E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E45

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E45	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.015 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f78',
    500: '#4e4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e45;
$custom-light: #7f7f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42102,
    "c": 0.01452,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.07498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E45

secondary

#72727D

accent

#79AF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E45

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

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