#4E4550#4E4550

#4E4550 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.022 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4550
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 80)
HSL	hsl(289, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(289, 14%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 6.15, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 8.04, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0166 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.022 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7178, 6.4552, 8.4799)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4550 #475045

analogous

#494550 #4E4550 #50454D

triadic

#4E4550 #504E45 #45504E

tetradic

#4E4550 #504945 #475045 #454D50

square

#4E4550 #504945 #475045 #454D50

split-complementary

#4E4550 #4D5045 #455049

monochromatic

#100E10 #2E292F #4E4550 #6E6171 #8D7F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#4E4550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4550

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4550	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.022 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7881',
    500: '#4e4550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4550;
$custom-light: #7f7881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 7.383,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40349,
    "c": 0.02158,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4550

secondary

#747F72

accent

#B07782

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4550

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

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