#4E525E#4E525E

#4E525E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.020 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E525E
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(225, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 12.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 1.23, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 7.62, 279.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.0003 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.02 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1791, 8.4623, 11.7900)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E525E #5E5A4E

analogous

#4E5A5E #4E525E #524E5E

triadic

#4E525E #5E4E52 #525E4E

tetradic

#4E525E #5E4E5A #5E5A4E #4E5E52

square

#4E525E #5E4E5A #5E5A4E #4E5E52

split-complementary

#4E525E #5E524E #5A5E4E

monochromatic

#16181B #32353D #4E525E #6A6F7F #898E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#4E525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E525E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E525E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E525E	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F535F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D525E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.020 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f828b',
    500: '#4e525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e525e;
$custom-light: #7f828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43945,
    "c": 0.02036,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E525E

secondary

#8C887C

accent

#A376B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E525E

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

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