#4E554A#4E554A

#4E554A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.020 H 134.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E554A
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 74)
HSL	hsl(98, 7%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(98, 13%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 12.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.22, -5.14, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.22, 7.51, 133.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% -0.0137 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.02 134)
XYZ	xyz(7.6262, 8.6111, 7.7376)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E554A #514A55

analogous

#53554A #4E554A #4A554B

triadic

#4E554A #4A4E55 #554A4E

tetradic

#4E554A #4A5355 #514A55 #554B4A

square

#4E554A #4A5355 #514A55 #554B4A

split-complementary

#4E554A #4B4A55 #554A53

monochromatic

#121411 #30342E #4E554A #6C7666 #8B9585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#4E554A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E554A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E554A

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E554A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E554A	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55534A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e554a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.020 134.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f847c',
    500: '#4e554a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e554a;
$custom-light: #7f847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e554a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.182,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43972,
    "c": 0.01977,
    "h": 134
  },
  "luminance": 0.08611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E554A

secondary

#7F7783

accent

#78B09C

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E554A

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

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