#4E5159#4E5159

#4E5159 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.014 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5159
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(224, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(224, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.45, 0.64, -5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.45, 5.13, 277.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% -0.0001 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.014 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8871, 8.2257, 10.6215)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5159 #59564E

analogous

#4E5659 #4E5159 #504E59

triadic

#4E5159 #594E51 #51594E

tetradic

#4E5159 #594E56 #59564E #4E5950

square

#4E5159 #594E56 #59564E #4E5950

split-complementary

#4E5159 #59504E #56594E

monochromatic

#151618 #313338 #4E5159 #6B6F7A #898D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#4E5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4E5159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5159

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5159	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.014 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8187',
    500: '#4e5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5159;
$custom-light: #7f8187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43511,
    "c": 0.01369,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5159

secondary

#87847C

accent

#A178B0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5159

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

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