#4E4D55#4E4D55

#4E4D55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.013 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D55
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 85)
HSL	hsl(248, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(248, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 2.20, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 5.06, 295.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0048 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.013 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4351, 7.5833, 9.6646)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D55 #54554D

analogous

#4D5055 #4E4D55 #524D55

triadic

#4E4D55 #554E4D #4D554E

tetradic

#4E4D55 #554D50 #54554D #4D5552

square

#4E4D55 #554D50 #54554D #4D5552

split-complementary

#4E4D55 #55524D #50554D

monochromatic

#131315 #313035 #4E4D55 #6B6A75 #8A8994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4E4D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E4D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D55

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D55	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.013 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e84',
    500: '#4e4d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d55;
$custom-light: #7f7e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42409,
    "c": 0.01315,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D55

secondary

#82837B

accent

#AE7AA8

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D55

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

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