#4E5258#4E5258

#4E5258 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.011 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5258
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 88)
HSL	hsl(216, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(216, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.72, -0.23, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.72, 4.06, 266.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% -0.0022 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.011 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9202, 8.3588, 10.4268)
Luminance	0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5258 #58544E

analogous

#4E5758 #4E5258 #4F4E58

triadic

#4E5258 #584E52 #52584E

tetradic

#4E5258 #584E57 #58544E #4E584F

square

#4E5258 #584E57 #58544E #4E584F

split-complementary

#4E5258 #584F4E #57584E

monochromatic

#141617 #313438 #4E5258 #6B7078 #8A8F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#4E5258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E5258 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5258

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5258	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.011 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8287',
    500: '#4e5258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5258;
$custom-light: #7f8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43712,
    "c": 0.01113,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5258

secondary

#86827C

accent

#9979AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5258

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

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