#4E5552#4E5552

#4E5552 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.010 H 168.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5552
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(154, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(154, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.45, -3.44, 0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.45, 3.54, 167.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% -0.0099 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.01 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9131, 8.7258, 9.2484)
Luminance	0.0873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5552 #554E51

analogous

#4E554F #4E5552 #4E5555

triadic

#4E5552 #524E55 #55524E

tetradic

#4E5552 #4F4E55 #554E51 #55554E

square

#4E5552 #4F4E55 #554E51 #55554E

split-complementary

#4E5552 #554E55 #554F4E

monochromatic

#131514 #313533 #4E5552 #6B7571 #8A948F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.65

#4E5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4E5552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5552

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5552	1.00	7.65	2.75	7.65
#FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.010 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8482',
    500: '#4e5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5552;
$custom-light: #7f8482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44226,
    "c": 0.01014,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5552

secondary

#837C7F

accent

#7A90AD

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5552

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

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