#4E5059#4E5059

#4E5059 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.015 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5059
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 89)
HSL	hsl(229, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(229, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 1.26, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 5.68, 282.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% 0.0015 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.015 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8133, 8.0782, 10.5969)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5059 #59574E

analogous

#4E5559 #4E5059 #514E59

triadic

#4E5059 #594E50 #50594E

tetradic

#4E5059 #594E55 #59574E #4E5951

square

#4E5059 #594E55 #59574E #4E5951

split-complementary

#4E5059 #59514E #55594E

monochromatic

#151518 #313338 #4E5059 #6B6D7A #898C98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#4E5059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4E5059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5059

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5059	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.015 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8187',
    500: '#4e5059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5059;
$custom-light: #7f8187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43273,
    "c": 0.015,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5059

secondary

#87857C

accent

#A678B0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5059

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

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