#4E5254#4E5254

#4E5254 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.006 H 229.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5254
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 84)
HSL	hsl(200, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(200, 7%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.59, -1.15, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.59, 2.08, 236.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% -0.004 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.006 229)
XYZ	xyz(7.7591, 8.2943, 9.5780)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5254 #54504E

analogous

#4E5453 #4E5254 #4E4F54

triadic

#4E5254 #544E52 #52544E

tetradic

#4E5254 #534E54 #54504E #4F544E

square

#4E5254 #534E54 #54504E #4F544E

split-complementary

#4E5254 #544E4F #54534E

monochromatic

#131415 #313334 #4E5254 #6B7174 #8A9092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#4E5254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E5254 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5254

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5254	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.006 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8284',
    500: '#4e5254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5254;
$custom-light: #7f8284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43566,
    "c": 0.00614,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.08294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5254

secondary

#827E7C

accent

#8C7BAD

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5254

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

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