#4E5248#4E5248

#4E5248 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.017 H 124.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5248
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 72)
HSL	hsl(84, 6%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(84, 12%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.24, -3.72, 5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.24, 6.49, 124.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% -0.0097 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.017 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3287, 8.1222, 7.3113)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5248 #4C4852

analogous

#525148 #4E5248 #495248

triadic

#4E5248 #484E52 #52484E

tetradic

#4E5248 #485251 #4C4852 #524849

square

#4E5248 #485251 #4C4852 #524849

split-complementary

#4E5248 #484952 #514852

monochromatic

#10110F #2F312B #4E5248 #6D7365 #8C9283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4E5248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4E5248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5248

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5248	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.017 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f827b',
    500: '#4e5248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5248;
$custom-light: #7f827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 6.494,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43172,
    "c": 0.01688,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5248

secondary

#7A7580

accent

#78B08E

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5248

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

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