#4E545D#4E545D

#4E545D is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.017 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E545D
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 93)
HSL	hsl(216, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 16%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.50, -0.26, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.50, 6.04, 267.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% -0.0034 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.017 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2875, 8.7505, 11.6062)
Luminance	0.0875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E545D #5D574E

analogous

#4E5B5D #4E545D #4F4E5D

triadic

#4E545D #5D4E54 #545D4E

tetradic

#4E545D #5D4E5B #5D574E #4E5D4F

square

#4E545D #5D4E5B #5D574E #4E5D4F

split-complementary

#4E545D #5D4F4E #5B5D4E

monochromatic

#16181A #32363C #4E545D #6A727E #89919C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#4E545D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4E545D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E545D

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E545D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E545D	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51545D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50535D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e545d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.017 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f848a',
    500: '#4e545d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e545d;
$custom-light: #7f848a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e545d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44382,
    "c": 0.01665,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E545D

secondary

#8B857C

accent

#9A76B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E545D

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

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