#4E4E47#4E4E47

#4E4E47 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.011 H 106.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E47
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, -1.46, 4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 4.40, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% -0.0033 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.011 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0035, 7.5234, 7.0432)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E47 #47474E

analogous

#4E4B47 #4E4E47 #4B4E47

triadic

#4E4E47 #474E4E #4E474E

tetradic

#4E4E47 #474E4B #47474E #4E474B

square

#4E4E47 #474E4B #47474E #4E474B

split-complementary

#4E4E47 #474B4E #4B474E

monochromatic

#10100F #2E2E2A #4E4E47 #6E6E64 #8D8D82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#4E4E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E4E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E47

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E47	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.011 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f7a',
    500: '#4e4e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e47;
$custom-light: #7f7f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.698,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42163,
    "c": 0.01132,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E47

secondary

#74747C

accent

#7AAE7A

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E47

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

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