#4E4D59#4E4D59

#4E4D59 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.020 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D59
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 89)
HSL	hsl(245, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(245, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 3.15, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 7.58, 294.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.0065 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.02 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5986, 7.6487, 10.5253)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D59 #58594D

analogous

#4D5259 #4E4D59 #544D59

triadic

#4E4D59 #594E4D #4D594E

tetradic

#4E4D59 #594D52 #58594D #4D5954

square

#4E4D59 #594D52 #58594D #4D5954

split-complementary

#4E4D59 #59544D #52594D

monochromatic

#141417 #313138 #4E4D59 #6B697A #8A8898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#4E4D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E4D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D59

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D59	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.020 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e87',
    500: '#4e4d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d59;
$custom-light: #7f7e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 7.229,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42565,
    "c": 0.01971,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D59

secondary

#86877B

accent

#B078AC

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D59

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

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