#4C4E59#4C4E59

#4C4E59 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.018 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C4E59
RGB	rgb(76, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(231, 8%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(231, 15%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.36, 1.76, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.36, 6.95, 284.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.0024 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.018 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5077, 7.7065, 10.5412)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C4E59 #59574C

analogous

#4C5559 #4C4E59 #514C59

triadic

#4C4E59 #594C4E #4E594C

tetradic

#4C4E59 #594C55 #59574C #4C5951

square

#4C4E59 #594C55 #59574C #4C5951

split-complementary

#4C4E59 #59514C #55594C

monochromatic

#141417 #303138 #4C4E59 #686B7A #878A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#4C4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4C4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C4E59

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C4E59	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#495052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.018 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f87',
    500: '#4c4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c4e59;
$custom-light: #7e7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 7.879,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42618,
    "c": 0.01832,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C4E59

secondary

#878579

accent

#A877B1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C4E59

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

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