#4E5448#4E5448

#4E5448 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.021 H 129.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5448
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 72)
HSL	hsl(90, 8%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(90, 14%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 14.3%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, -4.94, 6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 7.93, 128.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% -0.013 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.021 129)
XYZ	xyz(7.4817, 8.4282, 7.3623)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5448 #4E4854

analogous

#545448 #4E5448 #485448

triadic

#4E5448 #484E54 #54484E

tetradic

#4E5448 #485454 #4E4854 #544848

square

#4E5448 #485454 #4E4854 #544848

split-complementary

#4E5448 #484854 #544854

monochromatic

#111210 #2F332C #4E5448 #6D7564 #8B9482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#4E5448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E5448 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5448

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5448	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.021 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f847b',
    500: '#4e5448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5448;
$custom-light: #7f847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43665,
    "c": 0.0207,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.08428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5448

secondary

#7C7583

accent

#77B194

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5448

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

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