#4E5356#4E5356

#4E5356 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.008 H 233.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5356
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 86)
HSL	hsl(203, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(203, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, -1.31, -2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 2.77, 241.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% -0.0048 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.008 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9145, 8.4780, 10.0217)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5356 #56514E

analogous

#4E5655 #4E5356 #4E4F56

triadic

#4E5356 #564E53 #53564E

tetradic

#4E5356 #554E56 #56514E #4F564E

square

#4E5356 #554E56 #56514E #4F564E

split-complementary

#4E5356 #564E4F #56554E

monochromatic

#141516 #313436 #4E5356 #6B7276 #8A9195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#4E5356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5356 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5356

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5356	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.008 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8385',
    500: '#4e5356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5356;
$custom-light: #7f8385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43879,
    "c": 0.00811,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5356

secondary

#847F7C

accent

#8D7AAE

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5356

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

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