#4B554E#4B554E

#4B554E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.017 H 155.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B554E
RGB	rgb(75, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(138, 6%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(138, 12%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, -5.51, 2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 6.16, 153.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% -0.0154 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.017 155.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5250, 8.5428, 8.4587)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B554E #554B52

analogous

#4D554B #4B554E #4B5553

triadic

#4B554E #4E4B55 #554E4B

tetradic

#4B554E #4B4D55 #554B52 #55534B

square

#4B554E #4B4D55 #554B52 #55534B

split-complementary

#4B554E #534B55 #554B4D

monochromatic

#121412 #2E3430 #4B554E #68766C #86948A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#4B554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4B554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B554E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B554E	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55534E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53524E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.017 155.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d847f',
    500: '#4b554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b554e;
$custom-light: #7d847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43839,
    "c": 0.017,
    "h": 155.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B554E

secondary

#837880

accent

#789FAF

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#090B0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B554E

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

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