#4D4E55#4D4E55

#4D4E55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.012 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4E55
RGB	rgb(77, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(233, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(233, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 1.18, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 4.41, 285.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.0019 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.012 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4243, 7.6824, 9.6843)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4E55 #55544D

analogous

#4D5255 #4D4E55 #504D55

triadic

#4D4E55 #554D4E #4E554D

tetradic

#4D4E55 #554D52 #55544D #4D5550

square

#4D4E55 #554D52 #55544D #4D5550

split-complementary

#4D4E55 #55504D #52554D

monochromatic

#131315 #303135 #4D4E55 #6A6B75 #898A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#4D4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4D4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4E55

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4E55	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.012 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f84',
    500: '#4d4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4e55;
$custom-light: #7e7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42553,
    "c": 0.01157,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4E55

secondary

#83827B

accent

#A87AAE

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4E55

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

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