#4E4F50#4E4F50

#4E4F50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.002 H 247.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4F50
RGB	rgb(78, 79, 80)
HSL	hsl(210, 1%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(210, 3%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, -0.19, -0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 0.75, 255.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% -0.0008 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.002 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3856, 7.7908, 8.7025)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4F50 #504F4E

analogous

#4E5050 #4E4F50 #4E4E50

triadic

#4E4F50 #504E4F #4F504E

tetradic

#4E4F50 #504E50 #504F4E #4E504E

square

#4E4F50 #504E50 #504F4E #4E504E

split-complementary

#4E4F50 #504E4E #50504E

monochromatic

#121212 #303031 #4E4F50 #6C6E6F #8B8C8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#4E4F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E4F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4F50

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4F50	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 79, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.002 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8081',
    500: '#4e4f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4f50;
$custom-light: #7f8081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 1.266,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42702,
    "c": 0.0021,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4F50

secondary

#7E7D7C

accent

#947DAB

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4F50

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

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