#4E534E#4E534E

#4E534E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.010 H 145.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E534E
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 78)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(120, 6%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 6%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.71, -3.09, 2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.71, 3.82, 144.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% -0.0085 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.01 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6100, 8.3562, 8.4182)
Luminance	0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E534E #534E53

analogous

#51534E #4E534E #4E5351

triadic

#4E534E #4E4E53 #534E4E

tetradic

#4E534E #4E5153 #534E53 #53514E

square

#4E534E #4E5153 #534E53 #53514E

split-complementary

#4E534E #514E53 #534E51

monochromatic

#131413 #303330 #4E534E #6C736C #8A918A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#4E534E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E534E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E534E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E534E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E534E	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)

#53524E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52514E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e534e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.010 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f837f',
    500: '#4e534e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e534e;
$custom-light: #7f837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e534e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.106,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43605,
    "c": 0.0103,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E534E

secondary

#817C81

accent

#7BACAC

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E534E

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

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