#4E505B#4E505B

#4E505B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.018 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E505B
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(231, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(231, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, 1.75, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 6.92, 284.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.0024 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.018 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8985, 8.1123, 11.0452)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E505B #5B594E

analogous

#4E565B #4E505B #524E5B

triadic

#4E505B #5B4E50 #505B4E

tetradic

#4E505B #5B4E56 #5B594E #4E5B52

square

#4E505B #5B4E56 #5B594E #4E5B52

split-complementary

#4E505B #5B524E #565B4E

monochromatic

#161619 #32333A #4E505B #6A6D7C #898C9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#4E505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#4E505B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E505B

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E505B	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D515C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.018 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8189',
    500: '#4e505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e505b;
$custom-light: #7f8189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43352,
    "c": 0.01824,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E505B

secondary

#89877C

accent

#A877B1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E505B

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

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