#4B4E53#4B4E53

#4B4E53 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.009 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4E53
RGB	rgb(75, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(218, 5%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(218, 10%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, -0.07, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 3.37, 268.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% -0.0015 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.009 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1870, 7.5691, 9.2643)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4E53 #53504B

analogous

#4B5253 #4B4E53 #4C4B53

triadic

#4B4E53 #534B4E #4E534B

tetradic

#4B4E53 #534B52 #53504B #4B534C

square

#4B4E53 #534B52 #53504B #4B534C

split-complementary

#4B4E53 #534C4B #52534B

monochromatic

#111213 #2E3033 #4B4E53 #686C73 #868B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#4B4E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4B4E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4E53

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4E53	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.009 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7f83',
    500: '#4b4e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4e53;
$custom-light: #7d7f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 5.063,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42296,
    "c": 0.00914,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4E53

secondary

#817E78

accent

#9A7AAE

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4E53

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

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