#4E4F56#4E4F56

#4E4F56 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.012 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4F56
RGB	rgb(78, 79, 86)
HSL	hsl(233, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(233, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 1.18, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 4.41, 285.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.0019 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.012 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6172, 7.8835, 9.9227)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4F56 #56554E

analogous

#4E5356 #4E4F56 #514E56

triadic

#4E4F56 #564E4F #4F564E

tetradic

#4E4F56 #564E53 #56554E #4E5651

square

#4E4F56 #564E53 #56554E #4E5651

split-complementary

#4E4F56 #56514E #53564E

monochromatic

#141416 #313236 #4E4F56 #6B6C76 #8A8B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#4E4F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E4F56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4F56

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4F56	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)

#4D5056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 79, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.012 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8085',
    500: '#4e4f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4f56;
$custom-light: #7f8085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42921,
    "c": 0.01155,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4F56

secondary

#84837C

accent

#A77AAE

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4F56

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

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