#4E4E53#4E4E53

#4E4E53 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.008 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E53
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 1.11, -2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 3.14, 290.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.0023 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.008 286)
XYZ	xyz(7.4273, 7.6930, 9.2755)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E53 #53534E

analogous

#4E5153 #4E4E53 #514E53

triadic

#4E4E53 #534E4E #4E534E

tetradic

#4E4E53 #534E51 #53534E #4E5351

square

#4E4E53 #534E51 #53534E #4E5351

split-complementary

#4E4E53 #53514E #51534E

monochromatic

#131314 #303033 #4E4E53 #6C6C73 #8A8A91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#4E4E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E4E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E53

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E53	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.008 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f83',
    500: '#4e4e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e53;
$custom-light: #7f7f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.106,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42571,
    "c": 0.00818,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.07693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E53

secondary

#81817C

accent

#AC7BAC

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E53

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

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