#4E4853#4E4853

#4E4853 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.020 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4853
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 83)
HSL	hsl(273, 7%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 13%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 13.3%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 4.92, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 7.47, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.0126 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.02 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0203, 6.8790, 9.1399)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4853 #4D5348

analogous

#484853 #4E4853 #534852

triadic

#4E4853 #534E48 #48534E

tetradic

#4E4853 #534848 #4D5348 #485253

square

#4E4853 #534848 #4D5348 #485253

split-complementary

#4E4853 #525348 #485348

monochromatic

#100F11 #2F2C32 #4E4853 #6D6474 #8B8293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4E4853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E4853 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4853

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4853	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E494C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.020 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b83',
    500: '#4e4853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4853;
$custom-light: #7f7b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 7.097,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4116,
    "c": 0.01963,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4853

secondary

#7B8275

accent

#B07891

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4853

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

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