#4E5452#4E5452

#4E5452 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.008 H 174.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5452
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 82)
HSL	hsl(160, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(160, 7%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.14, -2.83, 0.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.14, 2.85, 173.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% -0.0083 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.008 174)
XYZ	xyz(7.8349, 8.5695, 9.2223)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5452 #544E50

analogous

#4E544F #4E5452 #4E5354

triadic

#4E5452 #524E54 #54524E

tetradic

#4E5452 #4F4E54 #544E50 #53544E

square

#4E5452 #4F4E54 #544E50 #53544E

split-complementary

#4E5452 #544E53 #544F4E

monochromatic

#131514 #313433 #4E5452 #6B7471 #8A9290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#4E5452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E5452 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5452

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5452	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)

#545352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.008 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8482',
    500: '#4e5452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5452;
$custom-light: #7f8482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43982,
    "c": 0.00833,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.0857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5452

secondary

#827C7E

accent

#7B8CAD

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5452

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

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