#4E5158#4E5158

#4E5158 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.012 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5158
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 88)
HSL	hsl(222, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(222, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 8%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.41, 0.40, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.41, 4.52, 275.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% -0.0006 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.012 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8454, 8.2091, 10.4018)
Luminance	0.0821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5158 #58554E

analogous

#4E5658 #4E5158 #504E58

triadic

#4E5158 #584E51 #51584E

tetradic

#4E5158 #584E56 #58554E #4E5850

square

#4E5158 #584E56 #58554E #4E5850

split-complementary

#4E5158 #58504E #56584E

monochromatic

#141517 #313338 #4E5158 #6B6F78 #8A8E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#4E5158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E5158 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5158

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5158	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.012 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8187',
    500: '#4e5158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5158;
$custom-light: #7f8187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43473,
    "c": 0.01213,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5158

secondary

#86837C

accent

#9F79AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5158

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

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