#4E5455#4E5455

#4E5455 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.008 H 208.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5455
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 85)
HSL	hsl(189, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(189, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, -2.16, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 2.58, 213.09°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% -0.0069 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.008 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9516, 8.6161, 9.8367)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5455 #554F4E

analogous

#4E5553 #4E5455 #4E5155

triadic

#4E5455 #554E54 #54554E

tetradic

#4E5455 #534E55 #554F4E #51554E

square

#4E5455 #534E55 #554F4E #51554E

split-complementary

#4E5455 #554E51 #55534E

monochromatic

#131515 #313435 #4E5455 #6B7475 #8A9294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#4E5455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E5455 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5455

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5455	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.008 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8484',
    500: '#4e5455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5455;
$custom-light: #7f8484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44085,
    "c": 0.00787,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5455

secondary

#837D7C

accent

#827AAD

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5455

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

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