#4E504D#4E504D

#4E504D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.005 H 134.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E504D
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 77)
HSL	hsl(100, 2%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(100, 4%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, -1.46, 1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 2.08, 134.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% -0.0039 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.006 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3499, 7.8928, 8.1560)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E504D #4F4D50

analogous

#4F504D #4E504D #4D504D

triadic

#4E504D #4D4E50 #504D4E

tetradic

#4E504D #4D4F50 #4F4D50 #504D4D

square

#4E504D #4D4F50 #4F4D50 #504D4D

split-complementary

#4E504D #4D4D50 #504D4F

monochromatic

#111211 #30312F #4E504D #6C6F6B #8B8E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4E504D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E504D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E504D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E504D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E504D	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e504d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.005 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f817e',
    500: '#4e504d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e504d;
$custom-light: #7f817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e504d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 1.911,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42842,
    "c": 0.0055,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E504D

secondary

#7D7B7E

accent

#7DAB9C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E504D

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

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