#4E4C53#4E4C53

#4E4C53 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.012 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C53
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 83)
HSL	hsl(257, 4%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 8.4%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 2.37, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 4.51, 301.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.0057 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.012 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2874, 7.4131, 9.2289)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C53 #51534C

analogous

#4C4D53 #4E4C53 #514C53

triadic

#4E4C53 #534E4C #4C534E

tetradic

#4E4C53 #534C4D #51534C #4C5351

square

#4E4C53 #534C4D #51534C #4C5351

split-complementary

#4E4C53 #53514C #4D534C

monochromatic

#121113 #302F33 #4E4C53 #6C6973 #8B8892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#4E4C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4E4C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C53

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C53	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.012 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e83',
    500: '#4e4c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c53;
$custom-light: #7f7e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 4.403,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42096,
    "c": 0.01172,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C53

secondary

#7F817A

accent

#AE7A9F

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C53

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

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