#4E535B#4E535B

#4E535B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.015 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E535B
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(217, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(217, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.13, -0.13, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.13, 5.34, 268.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% -0.0026 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.015 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1230, 8.5614, 11.1201)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E535B #5B564E

analogous

#4E595B #4E535B #4F4E5B

triadic

#4E535B #5B4E53 #535B4E

tetradic

#4E535B #5B4E59 #5B564E #4E5B4F

square

#4E535B #5B4E59 #5B564E #4E5B4F

split-complementary

#4E535B #5B4F4E #595B4E

monochromatic

#161719 #32353A #4E535B #6A717C #89909A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#4E535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E535B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E535B

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E535B	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50535B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F525B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.015 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8389',
    500: '#4e535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e535b;
$custom-light: #7f8389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44065,
    "c": 0.01462,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E535B

secondary

#89847C

accent

#9B77B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E535B

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

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