#4E4F59#4E4F59

#4E4F59 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.016 H 281.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4F59
RGB	rgb(78, 79, 89)
HSL	hsl(235, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, 1.89, -5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 6.28, 287.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.0032 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.016 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7407, 7.9329, 10.5726)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4F59 #59584E

analogous

#4E5459 #4E4F59 #524E59

triadic

#4E4F59 #594E4F #4F594E

tetradic

#4E4F59 #594E54 #59584E #4E5952

square

#4E4F59 #594E54 #59584E #4E5952

split-complementary

#4E4F59 #59524E #54594E

monochromatic

#151518 #313238 #4E4F59 #6B6C7A #898B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#4E4F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4E4F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4F59

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4F59	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 79, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.016 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8087',
    500: '#4e4f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4f59;
$custom-light: #7f8087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43036,
    "c": 0.01645,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4F59

secondary

#87867C

accent

#AB78B0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4F59

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

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