#4F4E49#4F4E49

#4F4E49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.008 H 97.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F4E49
RGB	rgb(79, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 4%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(50, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 7.6%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, -0.64, 3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 3.17, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% -0.0011 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.008 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1513, 7.5921, 7.3907)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4F4E49 #494A4F

analogous

#4F4B49 #4F4E49 #4D4F49

triadic

#4F4E49 #494F4E #4E494F

tetradic

#4F4E49 #494F4B #494A4F #4F494D

square

#4F4E49 #494F4B #494A4F #4F494D

split-complementary

#4F4E49 #494D4F #4B494F

monochromatic

#10100F #2F2F2C #4F4E49 #6F6D66 #8E8C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4F4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4F4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F4E49

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F4E49	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.008 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807f7b',
    500: '#4f4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f4e49;
$custom-light: #807f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 3.947,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42321,
    "c": 0.00821,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F4E49

secondary

#77787D

accent

#83AD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F4E49

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

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