#4D554F#4D554F

#4D554F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.014 H 153.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D554F
RGB	rgb(77, 85, 79)
HSL	hsl(135, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(135, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, -4.50, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 5.11, 151.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% -0.0125 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.014 153.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7201, 8.6392, 8.6564)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4D554F #554D53

analogous

#4F554D #4D554F #4D5553

triadic

#4D554F #4F4D55 #554F4D

tetradic

#4D554F #4D4F55 #554D53 #55534D

square

#4D554F #4D4F55 #554D53 #55534D

split-complementary

#4D554F #534D55 #554D4F

monochromatic

#131513 #303531 #4D554F #6A756D #89948B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#4D554F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4D554F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D554F

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D554F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D554F	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55544F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54534F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d554f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 85, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.014 153.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8480',
    500: '#4d554f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d554f;
$custom-light: #7e8480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d554f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44041,
    "c": 0.01405,
    "h": 153.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D554F

secondary

#837B81

accent

#7AA1AE

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D554F

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

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