#4E4E48#4E4E48

#4E4E48 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.010 H 106.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E48
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, -1.26, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 3.77, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% -0.0028 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.01 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0358, 7.5364, 7.2136)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E48 #48484E

analogous

#4E4B48 #4E4E48 #4B4E48

triadic

#4E4E48 #484E4E #4E484E

tetradic

#4E4E48 #484E4B #48484E #4E484B

square

#4E4E48 #484E4B #48484E #4E484B

split-complementary

#4E4E48 #484B4E #4B484E

monochromatic

#10100F #2E2E2B #4E4E48 #6E6E65 #8D8D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#4E4E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E4E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E48

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E48	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.010 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f7b',
    500: '#4e4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e48;
$custom-light: #7f7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42194,
    "c": 0.00972,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E48

secondary

#76767C

accent

#7BAD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E48

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

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