#4E4953#4E4953

#4E4953 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.018 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4953
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 83)
HSL	hsl(270, 6%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 12%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 12%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 4.28, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 6.72, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.0108 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.018 308)
XYZ	xyz(7.0855, 7.0093, 9.1616)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4953 #4E5349

analogous

#494953 #4E4953 #534953

triadic

#4E4953 #534E49 #49534E

tetradic

#4E4953 #534949 #4E5349 #495353

square

#4E4953 #534949 #4E5349 #495353

split-complementary

#4E4953 #535349 #495349

monochromatic

#111012 #2F2C32 #4E4953 #6D6674 #8B8493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#4E4953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E4953 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4953

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4953	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.018 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b83',
    500: '#4e4953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4953;
$custom-light: #7f7b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 6.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41392,
    "c": 0.0176,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.07009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4953

secondary

#7C8176

accent

#AF7894

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4953

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

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