#4E504E#4E504E

#4E504E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.004 H 145.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E504E
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, -1.24, 0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 1.53, 144.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% -0.0034 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.004 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3855, 7.9071, 8.3434)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E504E #504E50

analogous

#4F504E #4E504E #4E504F

triadic

#4E504E #4E4E50 #504E4E

tetradic

#4E504E #4E4F50 #504E50 #504F4E

square

#4E504E #4E4F50 #504E50 #504F4E

split-complementary

#4E504E #4F4E50 #504E4F

monochromatic

#121212 #303130 #4E504E #6C6F6C #8B8E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4E504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E504E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E504E	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)

#50504E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.004 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f817f',
    500: '#4e504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e504e;
$custom-light: #7f817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.266,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42875,
    "c": 0.00415,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E504E

secondary

#7E7C7E

accent

#7DABAB

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E504E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →