#4E5355#4E5355

#4E5355 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.007 H 223.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5355
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 85)
HSL	hsl(197, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, -1.54, -1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 2.41, 230.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% -0.0052 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.007 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8745, 8.4620, 9.8110)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5355 #55504E

analogous

#4E5554 #4E5355 #4E5055

triadic

#4E5355 #554E53 #53554E

tetradic

#4E5355 #544E55 #55504E #50554E

square

#4E5355 #544E55 #55504E #50554E

split-complementary

#4E5355 #554E50 #55544E

monochromatic

#131515 #313435 #4E5355 #6B7275 #8A9194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#4E5355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E5355 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5355

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5355	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)

#525355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.007 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8384',
    500: '#4e5355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5355;
$custom-light: #7f8384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43843,
    "c": 0.00724,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5355

secondary

#837E7C

accent

#897AAD

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5355

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

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