#4E4E50#4E4E50

#4E4E50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.003 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E50
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 0.44, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 1.26, 290.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.0009 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.003 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3140, 7.6477, 8.6787)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E50 #50504E

analogous

#4E4F50 #4E4E50 #4F4E50

triadic

#4E4E50 #504E4E #4E504E

tetradic

#4E4E50 #504E4F #50504E #4E504F

square

#4E4E50 #504E4F #50504E #4E504F

split-complementary

#4E4E50 #504F4E #4F504E

monochromatic

#121212 #303031 #4E4E50 #6C6C6F #8B8B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#4E4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E50

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E50	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.003 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f81',
    500: '#4e4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e50;
$custom-light: #7f7f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.266,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42463,
    "c": 0.00326,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E50

secondary

#7E7E7C

accent

#AB7DAB

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E50

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

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