#4E4E57#4E4E57

#4E4E57 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.015 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E57
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 87)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.47, 2.04, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.47, 5.66, 291.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% 0.004 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.015 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5862, 7.7566, 10.1125)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E57 #57574E

analogous

#4E5357 #4E4E57 #534E57

triadic

#4E4E57 #574E4E #4E574E

tetradic

#4E4E57 #574E53 #57574E #4E5753

square

#4E4E57 #574E53 #57574E #4E5753

split-complementary

#4E4E57 #57534E #53574E

monochromatic

#141416 #313137 #4E4E57 #6B6B77 #8A8A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#4E4E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E4E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E57

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E57	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.015 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f86',
    500: '#4e4e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e57;
$custom-light: #7f7f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42722,
    "c": 0.01474,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E57

secondary

#85857C

accent

#AF79AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E57

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

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