#4D4E59#4D4E59

#4D4E59 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.018 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4E59
RGB	rgb(77, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(235, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 2.14, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 6.92, 287.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.0036 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.018 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5877, 7.7478, 10.5450)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4E59 #59584D

analogous

#4D5459 #4D4E59 #524D59

triadic

#4D4E59 #594D4E #4E594D

tetradic

#4D4E59 #594D54 #59584D #4D5952

square

#4D4E59 #594D54 #59584D #4D5952

split-complementary

#4D4E59 #59524D #54594D

monochromatic

#141417 #313138 #4D4E59 #696B7A #888A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#4D4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4D4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4E59

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4E59	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.018 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f87',
    500: '#4d4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4e59;
$custom-light: #7e7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 7.229,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42709,
    "c": 0.01813,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4E59

secondary

#87867B

accent

#AC78B0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4E59

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

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