#4E504C#4E504C

#4E504C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.007 H 128.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E504C
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 76)
HSL	hsl(90, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(90, 5%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, -1.67, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 2.66, 128.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% -0.0043 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.007 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3148, 7.8788, 7.9715)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E504C #4E4C50

analogous

#50504C #4E504C #4C504C

triadic

#4E504C #4C4E50 #504C4E

tetradic

#4E504C #4C5050 #4E4C50 #504C4C

square

#4E504C #4C5050 #4E4C50 #504C4C

split-complementary

#4E504C #4C4C50 #504C50

monochromatic

#111110 #2F312E #4E504C #6D6F6A #8B8E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#4E504C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E504C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E504C

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E504C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E504C	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)

#504F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e504c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.007 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f817e',
    500: '#4e504c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e504c;
$custom-light: #7f817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e504c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 2.564,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42809,
    "c": 0.00697,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E504C

secondary

#7C7A7E

accent

#7CAC94

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E504C

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

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