#4E504A#4E504A

#4E504A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.010 H 121.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E504A
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 74)
HSL	hsl(80, 4%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(80, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, -2.09, 3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 3.87, 122.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% -0.0053 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.01 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2464, 7.8514, 7.6110)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E504A #4C4A50

analogous

#504F4A #4E504A #4B504A

triadic

#4E504A #4A4E50 #504A4E

tetradic

#4E504A #4A504F #4C4A50 #504A4B

square

#4E504A #4A504F #4C4A50 #504A4B

split-complementary

#4E504A #4A4B50 #4F4A50

monochromatic

#10100F #2F302D #4E504A #6D7067 #8C8F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#4E504A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E504A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E504A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E504A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E504A	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e504a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.010 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f817c',
    500: '#4e504a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e504a;
$custom-light: #7f817c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e504a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 3.896,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42744,
    "c": 0.01003,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E504A

secondary

#7A787E

accent

#7BAD8C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E504A

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

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