#4E5351#4E5351

#4E5351 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.007 H 170.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5351
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 81)
HSL	hsl(156, 3%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(156, 6%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 2.4%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.80, -2.44, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.80, 2.49, 168.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% -0.0071 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.007 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7201, 8.4002, 8.9977)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5351 #534E50

analogous

#4E534F #4E5351 #4E5353

triadic

#4E5351 #514E53 #53514E

tetradic

#4E5351 #4F4E53 #534E50 #53534E

square

#4E5351 #4F4E53 #534E50 #53534E

split-complementary

#4E5351 #534E53 #534F4E

monochromatic

#131413 #303332 #4E5351 #6C7370 #8A918E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#4E5351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E5351 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5351

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5351	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)

#535251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.007 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8381',
    500: '#4e5351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5351;
$custom-light: #7f8381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 3.106,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43704,
    "c": 0.00719,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5351

secondary

#817C7E

accent

#7B8FAC

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5351

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

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