#4F4E50#4F4E50

#4F4E50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.004 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F4E50
RGB	rgb(79, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(270, 1%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 3%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 0.84, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 1.33, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.0022 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.004 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3966, 7.6902, 8.6826)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4F4E50 #4F504E

analogous

#4E4E50 #4F4E50 #504E50

triadic

#4F4E50 #504F4E #4E504F

tetradic

#4F4E50 #504E4E #4F504E #4E5050

square

#4F4E50 #504E4E #4F504E #4E5050

split-complementary

#4F4E50 #50504E #4E504E

monochromatic

#121212 #303031 #4F4E50 #6E6C6F #8C8B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#4F4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4F4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F4E50

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F4E50	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.004 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807f81',
    500: '#4f4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f4e50;
$custom-light: #807f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 1.266,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42557,
    "c": 0.0035,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F4E50

secondary

#7D7E7C

accent

#AB7D94

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F4E50

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

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