#4E5155#4E5155

#4E5155 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.008 H 255.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5155
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(214, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(214, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, -0.30, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 2.78, 263.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% -0.0019 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.008 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7237, 8.1604, 9.7608)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5155 #55524E

analogous

#4E5555 #4E5155 #4F4E55

triadic

#4E5155 #554E51 #51554E

tetradic

#4E5155 #554E55 #55524E #4E554F

square

#4E5155 #554E55 #55524E #4E554F

split-complementary

#4E5155 #554F4E #55554E

monochromatic

#131415 #313335 #4E5155 #6B6F75 #8A8E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4E5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E5155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5155

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5155	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.008 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8184',
    500: '#4e5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5155;
$custom-light: #7f8184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43362,
    "c": 0.00763,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5155

secondary

#83807C

accent

#987AAD

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5155

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

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