#4E4955#4E4955

#4E4955 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.021 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4955
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 85)
HSL	hsl(265, 8%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 14%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 4.74, -6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 7.93, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0117 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.021 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1638, 7.0407, 9.5741)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4955 #505549

analogous

#494A55 #4E4955 #544955

triadic

#4E4955 #554E49 #49554E

tetradic

#4E4955 #55494A #505549 #495554

square

#4E4955 #55494A #505549 #495554

split-complementary

#4E4955 #555449 #4A5549

monochromatic

#121013 #302D34 #4E4955 #6C6576 #8B8395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E4955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E4955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4955

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4955	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.021 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b84',
    500: '#4e4955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4955;
$custom-light: #7f7b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 7.595,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41471,
    "c": 0.02069,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4955

secondary

#7E8476

accent

#B17799

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4955

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

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