#4E4F55#4E4F55

#4E4F55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.010 H 278.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4F55
RGB	rgb(78, 79, 85)
HSL	hsl(231, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(231, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 0.94, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 3.78, 284.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.0014 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.01 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5772, 7.8675, 9.7120)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4F55 #55544E

analogous

#4E5355 #4E4F55 #514E55

triadic

#4E4F55 #554E4F #4F554E

tetradic

#4E4F55 #554E53 #55544E #4E5551

square

#4E4F55 #554E53 #55544E #4E5551

split-complementary

#4E4F55 #55514E #53554E

monochromatic

#131415 #313135 #4E4F55 #6B6D75 #8A8B94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#4E4F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E4F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4F55

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4F55	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 79, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.010 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8084',
    500: '#4e4f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4f55;
$custom-light: #7f8084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42883,
    "c": 0.00992,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4F55

secondary

#83827C

accent

#A67AAD

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4F55

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

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