#4E4C59#4E4C59

#4E4C59 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.021 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C59
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 89)
HSL	hsl(249, 8%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(249, 15%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 3.79, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 8.26, 297.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.0082 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.021 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5291, 7.5098, 10.5021)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C59 #57594C

analogous

#4C5159 #4E4C59 #554C59

triadic

#4E4C59 #594E4C #4C594E

tetradic

#4E4C59 #594C51 #57594C #4C5955

square

#4E4C59 #594C51 #57594C #4C5955

split-complementary

#4E4C59 #59554C #51594C

monochromatic

#141417 #313038 #4E4C59 #6B687A #8A8798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#4E4C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E4C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C59

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C59	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.021 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e87',
    500: '#4e4c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c59;
$custom-light: #7f7e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 7.879,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42331,
    "c": 0.02146,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C59

secondary

#858779

accent

#B177A8

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C59

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

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