#4E544E#4E544E

#4E544E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.012 H 145.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E544E
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 78)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(120, 7%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, -3.70, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 4.57, 144.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% -0.0101 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.012 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6871, 8.5103, 8.4439)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E544E #544E54

analogous

#51544E #4E544E #4E5451

triadic

#4E544E #4E4E54 #544E4E

tetradic

#4E544E #4E5154 #544E54 #54514E

square

#4E544E #4E5154 #544E54 #54514E

split-complementary

#4E544E #514E54 #544E51

monochromatic

#131513 #313431 #4E544E #6B746B #8A928A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#4E544E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E544E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E544E

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E544E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E544E	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54534E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53524E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e544e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.012 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f847f',
    500: '#4e544e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e544e;
$custom-light: #7f847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e544e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4385,
    "c": 0.01234,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E544E

secondary

#827C82

accent

#7BADAD

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E544E

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

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