#4E5056#4E5056

#4E5056 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.010 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5056
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 86)
HSL	hsl(225, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(225, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 7%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, 0.55, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 3.83, 278.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.16% 0.0002 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(43.16% 0.01 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6899, 8.0288, 9.9469)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5056 #56544E

analogous

#4E5456 #4E5056 #504E56

triadic

#4E5056 #564E50 #50564E

tetradic

#4E5056 #564E54 #56544E #4E5650

square

#4E5056 #564E54 #56544E #4E5650

split-complementary

#4E5056 #56504E #54564E

monochromatic

#141416 #313236 #4E5056 #6B6E76 #8A8C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4E5056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E5056 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5056

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5056	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.010 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8185',
    500: '#4e5056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5056;
$custom-light: #7f8185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43159,
    "c": 0.01018,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5056

secondary

#84827C

accent

#A17AAE

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5056

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

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