#4E4A55#4E4A55

#4E4A55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.019 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A55
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 85)
HSL	hsl(262, 7%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(262, 13%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, 4.11, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 7.19, 304.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.01 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.019 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2301, 7.1731, 9.5962)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A55 #51554A

analogous

#4A4B55 #4E4A55 #534A55

triadic

#4E4A55 #554E4A #4A554E

tetradic

#4E4A55 #554A4B #51554A #4A5553

square

#4E4A55 #554A4B #51554A #4A5553

split-complementary

#4E4A55 #55534A #4B554A

monochromatic

#121114 #302E34 #4E4A55 #6C6676 #8B8595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#4E4A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A55

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A55	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.019 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c84',
    500: '#4e4a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a55;
$custom-light: #7f7c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41704,
    "c": 0.01874,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A55

secondary

#7F8377

accent

#B0789C

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A55

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

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