#4E5249#4E5249

#4E5249 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.015 H 126.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5249
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(87, 6%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(87, 11%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 11%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.26, -3.52, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.26, 5.90, 126.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% -0.0092 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.015 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3616, 8.1353, 7.4845)
Luminance	0.0814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5249 #4D4952

analogous

#525149 #4E5249 #495249

triadic

#4E5249 #494E52 #52494E

tetradic

#4E5249 #495251 #4D4952 #524949

square

#4E5249 #495251 #4D4952 #524949

split-complementary

#4E5249 #494952 #514952

monochromatic

#10110F #2F322C #4E5249 #6D7266 #8B9184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#4E5249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E5249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5249

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5249	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.015 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f827b',
    500: '#4e5249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5249;
$custom-light: #7f827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 5.806,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43202,
    "c": 0.01537,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5249

secondary

#7B7680

accent

#79AF91

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5249

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

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