#4E5451#4E5451

#4E5451 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.009 H 164.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5451
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(150, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(150, 7%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, -3.06, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 3.19, 163.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% -0.0087 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.009 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7971, 8.5544, 9.0234)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5451 #544E51

analogous

#4E544E #4E5451 #4E5454

triadic

#4E5451 #514E54 #54514E

tetradic

#4E5451 #4E4E54 #544E51 #54544E

square

#4E5451 #4E4E54 #544E51 #54544E

split-complementary

#4E5451 #544E54 #544E4E

monochromatic

#131514 #313432 #4E5451 #6B7470 #8A928E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#4E5451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E5451 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5451

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5451	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)

#545351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.009 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8481',
    500: '#4e5451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5451;
$custom-light: #7f8481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43948,
    "c": 0.00907,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5451

secondary

#827C7F

accent

#7B94AD

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5451

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

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