#4E5350#4E5350

#4E5350 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.008 H 159.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5350
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 80)
HSL	hsl(144, 3%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(144, 6%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 3.6%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.77, -2.66, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.77, 2.87, 158.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% -0.0075 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.008 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6828, 8.3853, 8.8016)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5350 #534E51

analogous

#4F534E #4E5350 #4E5353

triadic

#4E5350 #504E53 #53504E

tetradic

#4E5350 #4E4F53 #534E51 #53534E

square

#4E5350 #4E4F53 #534E51 #53534E

split-complementary

#4E5350 #534E53 #534E4F

monochromatic

#131413 #303332 #4E5350 #6C736E #8A918D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#4E5350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E5350 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5350

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5350	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.008 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8381',
    500: '#4e5350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5350;
$custom-light: #7f8381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 3.106,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43671,
    "c": 0.00803,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5350

secondary

#817C7F

accent

#7B99AC

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5350

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

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