#4E505A#4E505A

#4E505A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.017 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E505A
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 90)
HSL	hsl(230, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(230, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.18, 1.50, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.18, 6.30, 283.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.0019 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.017 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8556, 8.0951, 10.8195)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E505A #5A584E

analogous

#4E565A #4E505A #524E5A

triadic

#4E505A #5A4E50 #505A4E

tetradic

#4E505A #5A4E56 #5A584E #4E5A52

square

#4E505A #5A4E56 #5A584E #4E5A52

split-complementary

#4E505A #5A524E #565A4E

monochromatic

#151618 #323339 #4E505A #6A6D7B #898C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#4E505A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4E505A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E505A

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E505A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E505A	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D515A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D505A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e505a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.017 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8188',
    500: '#4e505a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e505a;
$custom-light: #7f8188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e505a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43312,
    "c": 0.01661,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E505A

secondary

#88867C

accent

#A778B0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E505A

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

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