#4E545E#4E545E

#4E545E is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.018 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E545E
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(218, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(218, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 10.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.53, -0.02, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.53, 6.61, 269.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% -0.0029 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.018 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3321, 8.7684, 11.8410)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E545E #5E584E

analogous

#4E5C5E #4E545E #504E5E

triadic

#4E545E #5E4E54 #545E4E

tetradic

#4E545E #5E4E5C #5E584E #4E5E50

square

#4E545E #5E4E5C #5E584E #4E5E50

split-complementary

#4E545E #5E504E #5C5E4E

monochromatic

#16181B #32363D #4E545E #6A727F #89919D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#4E545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4E545E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E545E

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E545E	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51545F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F535E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.018 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f848b',
    500: '#4e545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e545e;
$custom-light: #7f848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44421,
    "c": 0.01812,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E545E

secondary

#8C867C

accent

#9B76B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E545E

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

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