#4E5453#4E5453

#4E5453 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.008 H 185.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5453
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 83)
HSL	hsl(170, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(170, 7%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.17, -2.61, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.17, 2.62, 185.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% -0.0078 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.008 185)
XYZ	xyz(7.8732, 8.5848, 9.4242)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5453 #544E4F

analogous

#4E5450 #4E5453 #4E5254

triadic

#4E5453 #534E54 #54534E

tetradic

#4E5453 #504E54 #544E4F #52544E

square

#4E5453 #504E54 #544E4F #52544E

split-complementary

#4E5453 #544E52 #54504E

monochromatic

#131514 #313434 #4E5453 #6B7472 #8A9291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#4E5453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E5453 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5453

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5453	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.008 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8483',
    500: '#4e5453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5453;
$custom-light: #7f8483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44016,
    "c": 0.00784,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.08585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5453

secondary

#827C7D

accent

#7B83AD

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5453

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

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