#4E5157#4E5157

#4E5157 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.011 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5157
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 87)
HSL	hsl(220, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(220, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.38, 0.16, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.38, 3.93, 272.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% -0.001 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.011 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8043, 8.1926, 10.1851)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5157 #57544E

analogous

#4E5657 #4E5157 #4F4E57

triadic

#4E5157 #574E51 #51574E

tetradic

#4E5157 #574E56 #57544E #4E574F

square

#4E5157 #574E56 #57544E #4E574F

split-complementary

#4E5157 #574F4E #56574E

monochromatic

#141516 #313337 #4E5157 #6B6F77 #8A8E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#4E5157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E5157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5157

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5157	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.011 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8186',
    500: '#4e5157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5157;
$custom-light: #7f8186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43435,
    "c": 0.01059,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5157

secondary

#85827C

accent

#9D79AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5157

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

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