#4E4E5E#4E4E5E

#4E4E5E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.026 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E5E
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 94)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 17%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 3.75, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 10.06, 291.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.0069 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.026 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8862, 7.8765, 11.6923)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E5E #5E5E4E

analogous

#4E565E #4E4E5E #564E5E

triadic

#4E4E5E #5E4E4E #4E5E4E

tetradic

#4E4E5E #5E4E56 #5E5E4E #4E5E56

square

#4E4E5E #5E4E56 #5E5E4E #4E5E56

split-complementary

#4E4E5E #5E564E #565E4E

monochromatic

#16161B #32323D #4E4E5E #6A6A7F #89899D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#4E4E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E4E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E5E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E5E	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A505F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.026 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f8b',
    500: '#4e4e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e5e;
$custom-light: #7f7f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43004,
    "c": 0.02626,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E5E

secondary

#8C8C7C

accent

#B276B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E5E

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

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