#4E5048#4E5048

#4E5048 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.013 H 118.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5048
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 72)
HSL	hsl(75, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(75, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 10%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, -2.49, 4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 5.09, 119.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% -0.0062 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.013 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1801, 7.8249, 7.2617)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5048 #4A4850

analogous

#504E48 #4E5048 #4A5048

triadic

#4E5048 #484E50 #50484E

tetradic

#4E5048 #48504E #4A4850 #50484A

square

#4E5048 #48504E #4A4850 #50484A

split-complementary

#4E5048 #484A50 #4E4850

monochromatic

#10100E #2F302B #4E5048 #6D7065 #8C8F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#4E5048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E5048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5048

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5048	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.013 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f817b',
    500: '#4e5048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5048;
$custom-light: #7f817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42681,
    "c": 0.01315,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5048

secondary

#78757E

accent

#79AE87

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5048

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

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