#4E5045#4E5045

#4E5045 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.018 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5045
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 69)
HSL	hsl(71, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(71, 14%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 13.8%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.53, -3.09, 6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.53, 6.94, 116.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% -0.0077 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.018 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0846, 7.7867, 6.7588)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5045 #474550

analogous

#504D45 #4E5045 #495045

triadic

#4E5045 #454E50 #50454E

tetradic

#4E5045 #45504D #474550 #504549

square

#4E5045 #45504D #474550 #504549

split-complementary

#4E5045 #454950 #4D4550

monochromatic

#10100E #2E2F29 #4E5045 #6E7161 #8D917F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#4E5045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E5045 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5045

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5045	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)

#524F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.018 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8178',
    500: '#4e5045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5045;
$custom-light: #7f8178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 7.383,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42591,
    "c": 0.01786,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5045

secondary

#74727F

accent

#77B082

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5045

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

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