#4E5353#4E5353

#4E5353 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.006 H 196.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5353
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 83)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 6%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.86, -2.00, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.86, 2.11, 199.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% -0.0061 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.006 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7962, 8.4307, 9.3985)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5353 #534E4E

analogous

#4E5351 #4E5353 #4E5153

triadic

#4E5353 #534E53 #53534E

tetradic

#4E5353 #514E53 #534E4E #51534E

square

#4E5353 #514E53 #534E4E #51534E

split-complementary

#4E5353 #534E51 #53514E

monochromatic

#131414 #303333 #4E5353 #6C7373 #8A9191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#4E5353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E5353 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5353

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5353	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.006 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8383',
    500: '#4e5353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5353;
$custom-light: #7f8383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.106,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43773,
    "c": 0.00643,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5353

secondary

#817C7C

accent

#7B7BAC

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5353

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

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