#4E5253#4E5253

#4E5253 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.005 H 214.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5253
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(192, 3%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(192, 6%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 1.2%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.56, -1.38, -1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.56, 1.79, 219.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% -0.0045 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.005 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7202, 8.2788, 9.3732)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5253 #534F4E

analogous

#4E5352 #4E5253 #4E5053

triadic

#4E5253 #534E52 #52534E

tetradic

#4E5253 #524E53 #534F4E #50534E

square

#4E5253 #524E53 #534F4E #50534E

split-complementary

#4E5253 #534E50 #53524E

monochromatic

#131414 #303333 #4E5253 #6C7173 #8A9091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#4E5253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E5253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5253

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5253	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.005 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8283',
    500: '#4e5253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5253;
$custom-light: #7f8283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 3.106,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43531,
    "c": 0.00543,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5253

secondary

#817D7C

accent

#857BAC

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5253

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

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