#4E4E55#4E4E55

#4E4E55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.011 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E55
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 1.57, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 4.40, 290.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.0031 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.011 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5056, 7.7243, 9.6881)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E55 #55554E

analogous

#4E5255 #4E4E55 #524E55

triadic

#4E4E55 #554E4E #4E554E

tetradic

#4E4E55 #554E52 #55554E #4E5552

square

#4E4E55 #554E52 #55554E #4E5552

split-complementary

#4E4E55 #55524E #52554E

monochromatic

#131315 #313135 #4E4E55 #6B6B75 #8A8A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#4E4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E55

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E55	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.011 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f84',
    500: '#4e4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e55;
$custom-light: #7f7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42645,
    "c": 0.01146,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E55

secondary

#83837C

accent

#AD7AAD

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E55

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

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