#4E5049#4E5049

#4E5049 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.012 H 119.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5049
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(77, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(77, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 8.8%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, -2.29, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 4.48, 120.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% -0.0058 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.012 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2130, 7.8381, 7.4349)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5049 #4B4950

analogous

#504E49 #4E5049 #4B5049

triadic

#4E5049 #494E50 #50494E

tetradic

#4E5049 #49504E #4B4950 #50494B

square

#4E5049 #49504E #4B4950 #50494B

split-complementary

#4E5049 #494B50 #4E4950

monochromatic

#10100F #2F302C #4E5049 #6D7066 #8C8F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#4E5049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E5049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5049

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5049	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.012 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f817b',
    500: '#4e5049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5049;
$custom-light: #7f817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 4.575,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42712,
    "c": 0.01159,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5049

secondary

#79767E

accent

#7AAE89

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5049

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

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