#4E5148#4E5148

#4E5148 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.015 H 122.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5148
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 72)
HSL	hsl(80, 6%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(80, 11%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 11.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.93, -3.11, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.93, 5.79, 122.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% -0.008 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.015 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2538, 7.9724, 7.2863)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5148 #4B4851

analogous

#514F48 #4E5148 #4A5148

triadic

#4E5148 #484E51 #51484E

tetradic

#4E5148 #48514F #4B4851 #51484A

square

#4E5148 #48514F #4B4851 #51484A

split-complementary

#4E5148 #484A51 #4F4851

monochromatic

#10100E #2F312B #4E5148 #6D7165 #8C9183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#4E5148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4E5148 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5148

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5148	1.00	8.09	2.59	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.015 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f817b',
    500: '#4e5148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5148;
$custom-light: #7f817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42926,
    "c": 0.015,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5148

secondary

#79757F

accent

#79AF8B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5148

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

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