#4E5456#4E5456

#4E5456 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.008 H 219.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5456
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 86)
HSL	hsl(195, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, -1.93, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 2.77, 225.87°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% -0.0064 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.008 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9916, 8.6321, 10.0474)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5456 #56504E

analogous

#4E5654 #4E5456 #4E5056

triadic

#4E5456 #564E54 #54564E

tetradic

#4E5456 #544E56 #56504E #50564E

square

#4E5456 #544E56 #56504E #50564E

split-complementary

#4E5456 #564E50 #56544E

monochromatic

#141516 #313536 #4E5456 #6B7376 #8A9295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#4E5456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E5456 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5456

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5456	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.008 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8485',
    500: '#4e5456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5456;
$custom-light: #7f8485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44121,
    "c": 0.00837,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5456

secondary

#847E7C

accent

#877AAE

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5456

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

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