#4E5153#4E5153

#4E5153 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.005 H 236.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5153
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 83)
HSL	hsl(204, 3%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(204, 6%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 2.4%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.25, -0.76, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.25, 1.76, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% -0.0028 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.005 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6453, 8.1290, 9.3482)
Luminance	0.0813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5153 #53504E

analogous

#4E5353 #4E5153 #4E4F53

triadic

#4E5153 #534E51 #51534E

tetradic

#4E5153 #534E53 #53504E #4F534E

square

#4E5153 #534E53 #53504E #4F534E

split-complementary

#4E5153 #534E4F #53534E

monochromatic

#131314 #303233 #4E5153 #6C7073 #8A8E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4E5153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E5153 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5153

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5153	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.005 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8183',
    500: '#4e5153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5153;
$custom-light: #7f8183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 3.106,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43289,
    "c": 0.0051,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5153

secondary

#817E7C

accent

#8F7BAC

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5153

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

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