#4E4E52#4E4E52

#4E4E52 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.007 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E52
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 82)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 0.89, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 2.52, 290.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.0018 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.007 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3890, 7.6777, 9.0737)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E52 #52524E

analogous

#4E5052 #4E4E52 #504E52

triadic

#4E4E52 #524E4E #4E524E

tetradic

#4E4E52 #524E50 #52524E #4E5250

square

#4E4E52 #524E50 #52524E #4E5250

split-complementary

#4E4E52 #52504E #50524E

monochromatic

#121213 #303033 #4E4E52 #6C6C71 #8A8A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#4E4E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E4E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E52

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E52	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.007 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f82',
    500: '#4e4e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e52;
$custom-light: #7f7f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42534,
    "c": 0.00654,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E52

secondary

#80807C

accent

#AC7CAC

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E52

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

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