#4E454C#4E454C

#4E454C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.017 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E454C
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 76)
HSL	hsl(313, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(313, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 2.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 5.27, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 5.97, 331.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.0148 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.017 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5743, 6.3978, 7.7246)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E454C #454E47

analogous

#4C454E #4E454C #4E4548

triadic

#4E454C #4C4E45 #454C4E

tetradic

#4E454C #4E4C45 #454E47 #45484E

square

#4E454C #4E4C45 #454E47 #45484E

split-complementary

#4E454C #484E45 #454E4C

monochromatic

#100E10 #2E282C #4E454C #6E626C #8E7F8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#4E454C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E454C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E454C

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E454C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E454C	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45474C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47484C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e454c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.017 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f787e',
    500: '#4e454c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e454c;
$custom-light: #7f787e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e454c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.333,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40196,
    "c": 0.01659,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E454C

secondary

#727D75

accent

#AF8579

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E454C

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

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