#4E4F53#4E4F53

#4E4F53 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.007 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4F53
RGB	rgb(78, 79, 83)
HSL	hsl(228, 3%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(228, 6%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 4.8%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 0.49, -2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 2.54, 281.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.0006 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.007 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4989, 7.8362, 9.2994)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4F53 #53524E

analogous

#4E5253 #4E4F53 #504E53

triadic

#4E4F53 #534E4F #4F534E

tetradic

#4E4F53 #534E52 #53524E #4E5350

square

#4E4F53 #534E52 #53524E #4E5350

split-complementary

#4E4F53 #53504E #52534E

monochromatic

#131314 #303133 #4E4F53 #6C6D73 #8A8C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#4E4F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E4F53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4F53

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4F53	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 79, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.007 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8083',
    500: '#4e4f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4f53;
$custom-light: #7f8083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 3.106,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42809,
    "c": 0.00668,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4F53

secondary

#81807C

accent

#A37BAC

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4F53

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

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