#4E504F#4E504F

#4E504F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.003 H 165.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E504F
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 79)
HSL	hsl(150, 1%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(150, 3%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, -1.03, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 1.07, 163.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% -0.0029 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.003 165)
XYZ	xyz(7.4216, 7.9215, 8.5336)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E504F #504E4F

analogous

#4E504E #4E504F #4E5050

triadic

#4E504F #4F4E50 #504F4E

tetradic

#4E504F #4E4E50 #504E4F #50504E

square

#4E504F #4E4E50 #504E4F #50504E

split-complementary

#4E504F #504E50 #504E4E

monochromatic

#121212 #303130 #4E504F #6C6F6E #8B8E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#4E504F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E504F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E504F

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E504F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E504F	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50504F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e504f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.003 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8180',
    500: '#4e504f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e504f;
$custom-light: #7f8180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e504f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 1.266,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42909,
    "c": 0.00305,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.07922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E504F

secondary

#7E7C7D

accent

#7D94AB

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E504F

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

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