#4E4E5A#4E4E5A

#4E4E5A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.020 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E5A
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 90)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 2.76, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 7.54, 291.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.0053 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.02 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7113, 7.8066, 10.7714)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E5A #5A5A4E

analogous

#4E545A #4E4E5A #544E5A

triadic

#4E4E5A #5A4E4E #4E5A4E

tetradic

#4E4E5A #5A4E54 #5A5A4E #4E5A54

square

#4E4E5A #5A4E54 #5A5A4E #4E5A54

split-complementary

#4E4E5A #5A544E #545A4E

monochromatic

#151518 #323239 #4E4E5A #6A6A7B #898999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#4E4E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E4E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E5A

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E5A	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.020 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f88',
    500: '#4e4e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e5a;
$custom-light: #7f7f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4284,
    "c": 0.01968,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E5A

secondary

#88887C

accent

#B078B0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E5A

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

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