#4E535A#4E535A

#4E535A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.013 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E535A
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 90)
HSL	hsl(215, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(215, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, -0.37, -4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 4.77, 265.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% -0.003 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.013 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0802, 8.5443, 10.8944)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E535A #5A554E

analogous

#4E595A #4E535A #4F4E5A

triadic

#4E535A #5A4E53 #535A4E

tetradic

#4E535A #5A4E59 #5A554E #4E5A4F

square

#4E535A #5A4E59 #5A554E #4E5A4F

split-complementary

#4E535A #5A4F4E #595A4E

monochromatic

#151718 #323539 #4E535A #6A717B #899099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#4E535A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E535A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E535A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E535A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E535A	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51535A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F525A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e535a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.013 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8388',
    500: '#4e535a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e535a;
$custom-light: #7f8388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e535a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44027,
    "c": 0.01317,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E535A

secondary

#88837C

accent

#9978B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E535A

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

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