#4E5250#4E5250

#4E5250 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.006 H 164.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5250
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(150, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(150, 5%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, -2.05, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 2.14, 163.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% -0.0059 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.006 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6069, 8.2334, 8.7763)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5250 #524E50

analogous

#4E524E #4E5250 #4E5252

triadic

#4E5250 #504E52 #52504E

tetradic

#4E5250 #4E4E52 #524E50 #52524E

square

#4E5250 #4E4E52 #524E50 #52524E

split-complementary

#4E5250 #524E52 #524E4E

monochromatic

#121313 #303331 #4E5250 #6C716F #8A908D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#4E5250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4E5250 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5250

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5250	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.006 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8281',
    500: '#4e5250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5250;
$custom-light: #7f8281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43427,
    "c": 0.00608,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5250

secondary

#807C7E

accent

#7C94AC

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5250

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

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