#4E4A56#4E4A56

#4E4A56 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.020 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A56
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 86)
HSL	hsl(260, 8%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 14%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 14%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.23, 4.34, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.23, 7.81, 303.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.0104 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.02 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2701, 7.1891, 9.8069)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A56 #52564A

analogous

#4A4C56 #4E4A56 #544A56

triadic

#4E4A56 #564E4A #4A564E

tetradic

#4E4A56 #564A4C #52564A #4A5654

square

#4E4A56 #564A4C #52564A #4A5654

split-complementary

#4E4A56 #56544A #4C564A

monochromatic

#121114 #302E35 #4E4A56 #6C6677 #8A8596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#4E4A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A56

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A56	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.020 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c85',
    500: '#4e4a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a56;
$custom-light: #7f7c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 7.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41744,
    "c": 0.02032,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A56

secondary

#808577

accent

#B1779D

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A56

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