#4E524F#4E524F

#4E524F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.007 H 153.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E524F
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 79)
HSL	hsl(135, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(135, 5%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 3.7%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, -2.26, 1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 2.56, 152.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% -0.0063 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.007 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5702, 8.2188, 8.5832)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E524F #524E51

analogous

#4F524E #4E524F #4E5251

triadic

#4E524F #4F4E52 #524F4E

tetradic

#4E524F #4E4F52 #524E51 #52514E

square

#4E524F #4E4F52 #524E51 #52514E

split-complementary

#4E524F #514E52 #524E4F

monochromatic

#121313 #303331 #4E524F #6C716D #8A908C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#4E524F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E524F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E524F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E524F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E524F	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52514F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51514F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e524f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.007 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8280',
    500: '#4e524f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e524f;
$custom-light: #7f8280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e524f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43394,
    "c": 0.00707,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E524F

secondary

#807C7F

accent

#7CA0AC

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E524F

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

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