#4E4E46#4E4E46

#4E4E46 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.013 H 106.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E46
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, -1.66, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 5.02, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% -0.0038 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.013 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9716, 7.5107, 6.8756)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E46 #46464E

analogous

#4E4A46 #4E4E46 #4A4E46

triadic

#4E4E46 #464E4E #4E464E

tetradic

#4E4E46 #464E4A #46464E #4E464A

square

#4E4E46 #464E4A #46464E #4E464A

split-complementary

#4E4E46 #464A4E #4A464E

monochromatic

#10100E #2E2E29 #4E4E46 #6E6E63 #8E8E81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#4E4E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E4E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E46

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E46	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)

#504D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.013 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f79',
    500: '#4e4e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e46;
$custom-light: #7f7f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42132,
    "c": 0.01292,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E46

secondary

#73737C

accent

#79AF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E46

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

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