#4E4B57#4E4B57

#4E4B57 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.020 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B57
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 87)
HSL	hsl(255, 7%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(255, 14%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.57, 3.94, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.57, 7.71, 300.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.0091 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.02 297)
XYZ	xyz(7.3779, 7.3400, 10.0430)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B57 #54574B

analogous

#4B4E57 #4E4B57 #544B57

triadic

#4E4B57 #574E4B #4B574E

tetradic

#4E4B57 #574B4E #54574B #4B5754

square

#4E4B57 #574B4E #54574B #4B5754

split-complementary

#4E4B57 #57544B #4E574B

monochromatic

#131215 #312F36 #4E4B57 #6B6778 #8A8697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#4E4B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E4B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B57

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B57	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.020 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d86',
    500: '#4e4b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b57;
$custom-light: #7f7d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42017,
    "c": 0.02003,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.0734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B57

secondary

#828578

accent

#B077A2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B57

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