#4E5550#4E5550

#4E5550 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.012 H 154.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5550
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(137, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(137, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 5.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.39, -3.88, 1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.39, 4.35, 153.20°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% -0.0109 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.012 154.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8381, 8.6958, 8.8534)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5550 #554E53

analogous

#50554E #4E5550 #4E5554

triadic

#4E5550 #504E55 #55504E

tetradic

#4E5550 #4E5055 #554E53 #55544E

square

#4E5550 #4E5055 #554E53 #55544E

split-complementary

#4E5550 #544E55 #554E50

monochromatic

#131514 #313532 #4E5550 #6B756E #8A948D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#4E5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#4E5550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5550

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5550	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)

#555450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.012 154.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8481',
    500: '#4e5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5550;
$custom-light: #7f8481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4416,
    "c": 0.01202,
    "h": 154.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5550

secondary

#837C81

accent

#7A9FAD

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5550

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

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