#4B4E55#4B4E55

#4B4E55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.012 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4E55
RGB	rgb(75, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(222, 6%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(222, 12%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 0.40, -4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 4.55, 275.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% -0.0006 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.012 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2654, 7.6004, 9.6768)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4E55 #55524B

analogous

#4B5355 #4B4E55 #4D4B55

triadic

#4B4E55 #554B4E #4E554B

tetradic

#4B4E55 #554B53 #55524B #4B554D

square

#4B4E55 #554B53 #55524B #4B554D

split-complementary

#4B4E55 #554D4B #53554B

monochromatic

#121214 #2E3034 #4B4E55 #686C76 #868A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#4B4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4B4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4E55

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4E55	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.012 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7f84',
    500: '#4b4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4e55;
$custom-light: #7d7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42371,
    "c": 0.01221,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4E55

secondary

#838078

accent

#9F78AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4E55

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

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