#4E5058#4E5058

#4E5058 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.013 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5058
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 88)
HSL	hsl(228, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(228, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 9.1%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.11, 1.02, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.11, 5.06, 281.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.0011 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.013 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7716, 8.0615, 10.3772)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5058 #58564E

analogous

#4E5558 #4E5058 #514E58

triadic

#4E5058 #584E50 #50584E

tetradic

#4E5058 #584E55 #58564E #4E5851

square

#4E5058 #584E55 #58564E #4E5851

split-complementary

#4E5058 #58514E #55584E

monochromatic

#141517 #313338 #4E5058 #6B6D78 #8A8C97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#4E5058 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E5058 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5058

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5058	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5058	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5058;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.013 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8187',
    500: '#4e5058',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5058;
$custom-light: #7f8187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5058",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43235,
    "c": 0.01338,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5058

secondary

#86847C

accent

#A479AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5058

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

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