#4E5257#4E5257

#4E5257 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.010 H 253.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5257
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(213, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, -0.46, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 3.50, 262.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% -0.0027 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.01 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8791, 8.3423, 10.2101)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5257 #57534E

analogous

#4E5757 #4E5257 #4E4E57

triadic

#4E5257 #574E52 #52574E

tetradic

#4E5257 #574E57 #57534E #4E574E

square

#4E5257 #574E57 #57534E #4E574E

split-complementary

#4E5257 #574E4E #57574E

monochromatic

#141516 #313437 #4E5257 #6B7077 #8A8F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#4E5257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E5257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5257

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5257	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.010 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8286',
    500: '#4e5257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5257;
$custom-light: #7f8286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43675,
    "c": 0.00971,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5257

secondary

#85817C

accent

#9779AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5257

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

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