#4E4D53#4E4D53

#4E4D53 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.010 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D53
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 83)
HSL	hsl(250, 4%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(250, 7%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 7.2%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 1.74, -3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 3.81, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.004 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.01 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3568, 7.5520, 9.2520)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D53 #52534D

analogous

#4D4F53 #4E4D53 #514D53

triadic

#4E4D53 #534E4D #4D534E

tetradic

#4E4D53 #534D4F #52534D #4D5351

square

#4E4D53 #534D4F #52534D #4D5351

split-complementary

#4E4D53 #53514D #4F534D

monochromatic

#121214 #303033 #4E4D53 #6C6A73 #8A8991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#4E4D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E4D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D53

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D53	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.010 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e83',
    500: '#4e4d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d53;
$custom-light: #7f7e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 3.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42333,
    "c": 0.00989,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D53

secondary

#80817B

accent

#AD7BA5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D53

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

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