#4E4E59#4E4E59

#4E4E59 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.018 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E59
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 2.52, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 6.92, 291.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.0049 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.018 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6691, 7.7897, 10.5488)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E59 #59594E

analogous

#4E5359 #4E4E59 #534E59

triadic

#4E4E59 #594E4E #4E594E

tetradic

#4E4E59 #594E53 #59594E #4E5953

square

#4E4E59 #594E53 #59594E #4E5953

split-complementary

#4E4E59 #59534E #53594E

monochromatic

#151518 #313138 #4E4E59 #6B6B7A #898998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#4E4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E59

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E59	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.018 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f87',
    500: '#4e4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e59;
$custom-light: #7f7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.428,
    "c": 0.01803,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E59

secondary

#87877C

accent

#B078B0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E59

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

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