#4E5046#4E5046

#4E5046 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.016 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5046
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 70)
HSL	hsl(72, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(72, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 12.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, -2.89, 5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 6.32, 117.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% -0.0072 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.016 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1159, 7.7992, 6.9237)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5046 #484650

analogous

#504D46 #4E5046 #495046

triadic

#4E5046 #464E50 #50464E

tetradic

#4E5046 #46504D #484650 #504649

square

#4E5046 #46504D #484650 #504649

split-complementary

#4E5046 #464950 #4D4650

monochromatic

#10100E #2E2F29 #4E5046 #6E7163 #8D9080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#4E5046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E5046 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5046

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5046	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.016 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8179',
    500: '#4e5046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5046;
$custom-light: #7f8179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42621,
    "c": 0.01629,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5046

secondary

#76737F

accent

#78B083

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5046

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

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