#4D4E53#4D4E53

#4D4E53 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.008 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4E53
RGB	rgb(77, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(230, 4%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(230, 7%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 0.72, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 3.17, 283.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.001 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.008 277)
XYZ	xyz(7.3460, 7.6511, 9.2717)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4E53 #53524D

analogous

#4D5153 #4D4E53 #4F4D53

triadic

#4D4E53 #534D4E #4E534D

tetradic

#4D4E53 #534D51 #53524D #4D534F

square

#4D4E53 #534D51 #53524D #4D534F

split-complementary

#4D4E53 #534F4D #51534D

monochromatic

#121214 #303033 #4D4E53 #6A6C73 #898A91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#4D4E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4D4E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4E53

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4E53	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.008 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f83',
    500: '#4d4e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4e53;
$custom-light: #7e7f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 3.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42478,
    "c": 0.00831,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.07651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4E53

secondary

#81807B

accent

#A57BAD

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4E53

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

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