#4E464C

Closest named color: Charcoal Grey (#3C4142). oklch(40.4% 0.014 334.5), rgb(78, 70, 76).

White text reads best on this color (9.11:1).

About this color

#4E464C is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 40%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Charcoal Grey (#3C4142), ΔE 0.038 away. White text reads best on it, at 9.11:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (40%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Charcoal Grey (#3C4142)
Black text	2.30:1
White text	9.11:1

Values

HEX	#4E464C
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 76)
HSL	hsl(315, 5%, 29%)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.014 334.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #4E464C	9.11:1	AAA	Lc -95.4	Preferred for body text
Black text on #4E464C	2.30:1	Fails	Lc 13.0	Not readable
#4E464C text on white	9.11:1	AAA	Lc 91.0	Preferred for body text
#4E464C text on black	2.30:1	Fails	Lc -11.3	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F6

oklch(97.1% 0.002 325.6)
Step 100
100

#EBE9EA

oklch(93.6% 0.003 345.2)
Step 200
200

#DBD8DA

oklch(88.5% 0.004 337.4)
Step 300
300

#C4BFC3

oklch(81% 0.008 332.1)
Step 400
400

#A69EA4

oklch(70.8% 0.013 334.2)
Step 500
500

#90868E

oklch(63.1% 0.017 332.4)
Step 600
600

#7B6F78

oklch(55.6% 0.02 334.5)
Step 700
700

#675D65

oklch(49.1% 0.018 332.5)
Step 800
800 (this color)

#4E464C

oklch(40.4% 0.014 334.5)
Step 900
900

#463F44

oklch(37.7% 0.013 335.9)
Step 950
950

#292528

oklch(27% 0.008 334.4)

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#4E464C with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#46484C	0.014
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#48494C	0.013
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#4F4648	0.007
Achromatopsia (no color)	#484848	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #4E464C, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #4E464C in your product

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