#4E5057#4E5057

#4E5057 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.012 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5057
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 87)
HSL	hsl(227, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(227, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 8%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, 0.79, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 4.45, 280.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.0007 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.012 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7305, 8.0451, 10.1606)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5057 #57554E

analogous

#4E5557 #4E5057 #514E57

triadic

#4E5057 #574E50 #50574E

tetradic

#4E5057 #574E55 #57554E #4E5751

square

#4E5057 #574E55 #57554E #4E5751

split-complementary

#4E5057 #57514E #55574E

monochromatic

#141516 #313237 #4E5057 #6B6E77 #8A8C96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#4E5057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E5057 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5057

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5057	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.012 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8186',
    500: '#4e5057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5057;
$custom-light: #7f8186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43197,
    "c": 0.01177,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5057

secondary

#85837C

accent

#A379AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5057

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

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