#4E4F49#4E4F49

#4E4F49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.010 H 114.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4F49
RGB	rgb(78, 79, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 4%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(70, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 7.6%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, -1.67, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 3.79, 116.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% -0.0041 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.01 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1403, 7.6927, 7.4107)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4F49 #4A494F

analogous

#4F4D49 #4E4F49 #4B4F49

triadic

#4E4F49 #494E4F #4F494E

tetradic

#4E4F49 #494F4D #4A494F #4F494B

square

#4E4F49 #494F4D #4A494F #4F494B

split-complementary

#4E4F49 #494B4F #4D494F

monochromatic

#10100F #2F2F2C #4E4F49 #6D6F66 #8C8E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#4E4F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E4F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4F49

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4F49	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 79, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.010 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f807b',
    500: '#4e4f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4f49;
$custom-light: #7f807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 3.947,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42469,
    "c": 0.00979,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4F49

secondary

#78777D

accent

#7BAD83

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4F49

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

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