#4D5259#4D5259

#4D5259 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.013 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D5259
RGB	rgb(77, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(215, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.67, -0.37, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.67, 4.78, 265.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% -0.003 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.013 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8806, 8.3335, 10.6426)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D5259 #59544D

analogous

#4D5859 #4D5259 #4E4D59

triadic

#4D5259 #594D52 #52594D

tetradic

#4D5259 #594D58 #59544D #4D594E

square

#4D5259 #594D58 #59544D #4D594E

split-complementary

#4D5259 #594E4D #58594D

monochromatic

#141617 #313438 #4D5259 #69707A #888F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#4D5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4D5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D5259

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D5259	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.013 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8287',
    500: '#4d5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d5259;
$custom-light: #7e8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 7.229,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43662,
    "c": 0.0132,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D5259

secondary

#87827B

accent

#9978B0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D5259

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

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