#4E5359#4E5359

#4E5359 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.012 H 252.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5359
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 89)
HSL	hsl(213, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(213, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, -0.61, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 4.23, 261.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% -0.0035 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.012 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0379, 8.5274, 10.6717)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5359 #59544E

analogous

#4E5859 #4E5359 #4E4E59

triadic

#4E5359 #594E53 #53594E

tetradic

#4E5359 #594E58 #59544E #4E594E

square

#4E5359 #594E58 #59544E #4E594E

split-complementary

#4E5359 #594E4E #58594E

monochromatic

#151618 #313538 #4E5359 #6B717A #899098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#4E5359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E5359 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5359

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5359	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.012 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8387',
    500: '#4e5359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5359;
$custom-light: #7f8387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4399,
    "c": 0.01177,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5359

secondary

#87827C

accent

#9678B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5359

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

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