#4E545B#4E545B

#4E545B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.014 H 252.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E545B
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 91)
HSL	hsl(212, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(212, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.43, -0.75, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.43, 4.94, 261.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% -0.0042 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.014 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2001, 8.7155, 11.1457)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E545B #5B554E

analogous

#4E5A5B #4E545B #4E4E5B

triadic

#4E545B #5B4E54 #545B4E

tetradic

#4E545B #5B4E5A #5B554E #4E5B4E

square

#4E545B #5B4E5A #5B554E #4E5B4E

split-complementary

#4E545B #5B4E4E #5A5B4E

monochromatic

#161719 #32363A #4E545B #6A727C #89919A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#4E545B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#4E545B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E545B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E545B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E545B	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52545B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50535B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e545b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.014 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8489',
    500: '#4e545b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e545b;
$custom-light: #7f8489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e545b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44305,
    "c": 0.01383,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E545B

secondary

#89837C

accent

#9677B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E545B

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

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