#4E4C55#4E4C55

#4E4C55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.015 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C55
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 85)
HSL	hsl(253, 6%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(253, 11%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 2.84, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 5.76, 299.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.0065 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.015 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3657, 7.4444, 9.6414)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C55 #53554C

analogous

#4C4F55 #4E4C55 #534C55

triadic

#4E4C55 #554E4C #4C554E

tetradic

#4E4C55 #554C4F #53554C #4C5553

square

#4E4C55 #554C4F #53554C #4C5553

split-complementary

#4E4C55 #55534C #4F554C

monochromatic

#131214 #302F35 #4E4C55 #6C6975 #8A8794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E4C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E4C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C55

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C55	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.015 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e84',
    500: '#4e4c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c55;
$custom-light: #7f7e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 5.59,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42173,
    "c": 0.01495,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C55

secondary

#818379

accent

#AF79A3

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C55

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

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