#4E5053#4E5053

#4E5053 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.006 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5053
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 83)
HSL	hsl(216, 3%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(216, 6%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 3.6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.94, -0.14, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.94, 2.05, 266.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% -0.0011 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.006 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5716, 7.9815, 9.3236)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5053 #53514E

analogous

#4E5353 #4E5053 #4F4E53

triadic

#4E5053 #534E50 #50534E

tetradic

#4E5053 #534E53 #53514E #4E534F

square

#4E5053 #534E53 #53514E #4E534F

split-complementary

#4E5053 #534F4E #53534E

monochromatic

#131314 #303233 #4E5053 #6C6E73 #8A8D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#4E5053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4E5053 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5053

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5053	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.006 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8183',
    500: '#4e5053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5053;
$custom-light: #7f8183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 3.106,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43049,
    "c": 0.00558,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5053

secondary

#817F7C

accent

#997BAC

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5053

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

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