#4E554B#4E554B

#4E554B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.018 H 136.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E554B
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 75)
HSL	hsl(102, 6%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(102, 12%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 11.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.25, -4.94, 4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.25, 6.95, 135.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44% -0.0132 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.018 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6602, 8.6246, 7.9164)
Luminance	0.0862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E554B #524B55

analogous

#53554B #4E554B #4B554D

triadic

#4E554B #4B4E55 #554B4E

tetradic

#4E554B #4B5355 #524B55 #554D4B

square

#4E554B #4B5355 #524B55 #554D4B

split-complementary

#4E554B #4D4B55 #554B53

monochromatic

#121412 #30342E #4E554B #6C7668 #8A9486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#4E554B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E554B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E554B

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E554B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E554B	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)

#56534A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55534B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e554b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.018 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f847d',
    500: '#4e554b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e554b;
$custom-light: #7f847d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e554b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44002,
    "c": 0.01837,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E554B

secondary

#807883

accent

#78AF9F

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E554B

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

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