#4E5055#4E5055

#4E5055 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.009 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5055
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(223, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(223, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 0.32, -3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 3.23, 275.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% -0.0002 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.009 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6499, 8.0128, 9.7362)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5055 #55534E

analogous

#4E5455 #4E5055 #504E55

triadic

#4E5055 #554E50 #50554E

tetradic

#4E5055 #554E54 #55534E #4E5550

square

#4E5055 #554E54 #55534E #4E5550

split-complementary

#4E5055 #55504E #54554E

monochromatic

#131415 #313235 #4E5055 #6B6E75 #8A8D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#4E5055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4E5055 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5055

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5055	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.009 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8184',
    500: '#4e5055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5055;
$custom-light: #7f8184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43122,
    "c": 0.0086,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5055

secondary

#83817C

accent

#9F7AAD

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5055

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

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