#4E4E49#4E4E49

#4E4E49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.008 H 106.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E49
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(60, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, -1.05, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 3.14, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% -0.0023 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.008 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0687, 7.5495, 7.3869)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E49 #49494E

analogous

#4E4C49 #4E4E49 #4C4E49

triadic

#4E4E49 #494E4E #4E494E

tetradic

#4E4E49 #494E4C #49494E #4E494C

square

#4E4E49 #494E4C #49494E #4E494C

split-complementary

#4E4E49 #494C4E #4C494E

monochromatic

#10100F #2E2E2B #4E4E49 #6E6E67 #8D8D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#4E4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E49

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E49	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.008 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f7b',
    500: '#4e4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e49;
$custom-light: #7f7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42226,
    "c": 0.0081,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E49

secondary

#77777C

accent

#7BAD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E49

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

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