#4E4B56#4E4B56

#4E4B56 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.018 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B56
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 86)
HSL	hsl(256, 7%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 13%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 3.71, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 7.09, 301.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.0087 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.018 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3374, 7.3237, 9.8294)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B56 #53564B

analogous

#4B4E56 #4E4B56 #544B56

triadic

#4E4B56 #564E4B #4B564E

tetradic

#4E4B56 #564B4E #53564B #4B5654

square

#4E4B56 #564B4E #53564B #4B5654

split-complementary

#4E4B56 #56544B #4E564B

monochromatic

#131215 #302E35 #4E4B56 #6C6877 #8A8695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#4E4B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E4B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B56

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B56	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.018 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d85',
    500: '#4e4b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b56;
$custom-light: #7f7d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 6.832,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41977,
    "c": 0.01842,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B56

secondary

#818478

accent

#B078A1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B56

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

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