#4E554E#4E554E

#4E554E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.014 H 145.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E554E
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(120, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.33, -4.31, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.33, 5.33, 144.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% -0.0118 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.014 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7653, 8.6667, 8.4700)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E554E #554E55

analogous

#52554E #4E554E #4E5552

triadic

#4E554E #4E4E55 #554E4E

tetradic

#4E554E #4E5255 #554E55 #55524E

square

#4E554E #4E5255 #554E55 #55524E

split-complementary

#4E554E #524E55 #554E52

monochromatic

#131513 #313531 #4E554E #6B756B #8A948A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#4E554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E554E

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E554E	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55544E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54534E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.014 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f847f',
    500: '#4e554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e554e;
$custom-light: #7f847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44095,
    "c": 0.01437,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E554E

secondary

#837C83

accent

#7AADAD

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E554E

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

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