#4E5457#4E5457

#4E5457 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.009 H 229.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5457
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 87)
HSL	hsl(200, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(200, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 3.4%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.30, -1.70, -2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.30, 3.08, 236.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% -0.006 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.009 229)
XYZ	xyz(8.0321, 8.6484, 10.2611)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5457 #57514E

analogous

#4E5756 #4E5457 #4E4F57

triadic

#4E5457 #574E54 #54574E

tetradic

#4E5457 #564E57 #57514E #4F574E

square

#4E5457 #564E57 #57514E #4F574E

split-complementary

#4E5457 #574E4F #57564E

monochromatic

#141616 #313537 #4E5457 #6B7377 #8A9296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#4E5457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E5457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5457

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5457	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.009 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8486',
    500: '#4e5457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5457;
$custom-light: #7f8486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44157,
    "c": 0.00914,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.08648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5457

secondary

#857F7C

accent

#8B79AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5457

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

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