#4E4E56#4E4E56

#4E4E56 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.013 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E56
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 1.81, -4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 5.03, 291.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0036 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.013 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5457, 7.7403, 9.8988)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E56 #56564E

analogous

#4E5256 #4E4E56 #524E56

triadic

#4E4E56 #564E4E #4E564E

tetradic

#4E4E56 #564E52 #56564E #4E5652

square

#4E4E56 #564E52 #56564E #4E5652

split-complementary

#4E4E56 #56524E #52564E

monochromatic

#141416 #313136 #4E4E56 #6B6B76 #8A8A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#4E4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E4E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E56

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E56	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.013 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f85',
    500: '#4e4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e56;
$custom-light: #7f7f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42683,
    "c": 0.0131,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E56

secondary

#84847C

accent

#AE7AAE

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E56

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

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