#4E5357#4E5357

#4E5357 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.009 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5357
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 87)
HSL	hsl(207, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(207, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.99, -1.08, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.99, 3.21, 250.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% -0.0043 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.009 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9551, 8.4942, 10.2354)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5357 #57524E

analogous

#4E5757 #4E5357 #4E4E57

triadic

#4E5357 #574E53 #53574E

tetradic

#4E5357 #574E57 #57524E #4E574E

square

#4E5357 #574E57 #57524E #4E574E

split-complementary

#4E5357 #574E4E #57574E

monochromatic

#141516 #313437 #4E5357 #6B7277 #8A9096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#4E5357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5357 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5357

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5357	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.009 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8386',
    500: '#4e5357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5357;
$custom-light: #7f8386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43916,
    "c": 0.0092,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5357

secondary

#85807C

accent

#9179AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5357

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

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