#4E4A52#4E4A52

#4E4A52 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.014 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A52
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 82)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 3.41, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 5.37, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% 0.0087 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.014 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1134, 7.1265, 8.9818)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A52 #4E524A

analogous

#4A4A52 #4E4A52 #524A52

triadic

#4E4A52 #524E4A #4A524E

tetradic

#4E4A52 #524A4A #4E524A #4A5252

square

#4E4A52 #524A4A #4E524A #4A5252

split-complementary

#4E4A52 #52524A #4A524A

monochromatic

#111012 #2F2D32 #4E4A52 #6D6772 #8B8591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4E4A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A52

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A52	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.014 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c82',
    500: '#4e4a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a52;
$custom-light: #7f7c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 5.128,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41588,
    "c": 0.01407,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A52

secondary

#7C8077

accent

#AE7A94

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A52

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

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