#4E504B#4E504B

#4E504B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.008 H 124.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E504B
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 75)
HSL	hsl(84, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(84, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 6.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, -1.88, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 3.26, 125.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% -0.0048 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.008 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2803, 7.8650, 7.7898)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E504B #4D4B50

analogous

#504F4B #4E504B #4B504B

triadic

#4E504B #4B4E50 #504B4E

tetradic

#4E504B #4B504F #4D4B50 #504B4B

square

#4E504B #4B504F #4D4B50 #504B4B

split-complementary

#4E504B #4B4B50 #4F4B50

monochromatic

#101110 #2F302D #4E504B #6D7069 #8B8E87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#4E504B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E504B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E504B

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E504B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E504B	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e504b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.008 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f817d',
    500: '#4e504b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e504b;
$custom-light: #7f817d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e504b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 3.226,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42776,
    "c": 0.00848,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E504B

secondary

#7B797E

accent

#7BAC8F

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E504B

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