#4E4E5B#4E4E5B

#4E4E5B is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.021 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E5B
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 91)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 3.01, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 8.17, 291.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.0057 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.021 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7542, 7.8237, 10.9971)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E5B #5B5B4E

analogous

#4E545B #4E4E5B #544E5B

triadic

#4E4E5B #5B4E4E #4E5B4E

tetradic

#4E4E5B #5B4E54 #5B5B4E #4E5B54

square

#4E4E5B #5B4E54 #5B5B4E #4E5B54

split-complementary

#4E4E5B #5B544E #545B4E

monochromatic

#161619 #32323A #4E4E5B #6A6A7C #89899A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#4E4E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E4E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E5B

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E5B	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.021 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f89',
    500: '#4e4e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e5b;
$custom-light: #7f7f89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4288,
    "c": 0.02132,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E5B

secondary

#89897C

accent

#B177B1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E5B

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

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