#4E554F#4E554F

#4E554F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.013 H 149.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E554F
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 79)
HSL	hsl(129, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(129, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.36, -4.10, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.36, 4.82, 148.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% -0.0113 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.013 149.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8014, 8.6811, 8.6602)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E554F #554E54

analogous

#51554E #4E554F #4E5553

triadic

#4E554F #4F4E55 #554F4E

tetradic

#4E554F #4E5155 #554E54 #55534E

square

#4E554F #4E5155 #554E54 #55534E

split-complementary

#4E554F #534E55 #554E51

monochromatic

#131514 #313531 #4E554F #6B756D #8A948B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#4E554F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#4E554F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E554F

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E554F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E554F	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55544F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54534F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e554f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.013 149.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8480',
    500: '#4e554f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e554f;
$custom-light: #7f8480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e554f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.571,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44127,
    "c": 0.01315,
    "h": 149.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E554F

secondary

#837C82

accent

#7AA6AD

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E554F

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

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