#4E5553#4E5553

#4E5553 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.009 H 176.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5553
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(163, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(163, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.48, -3.22, 0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.48, 3.23, 176.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% -0.0095 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.009 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9514, 8.7411, 9.4502)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5553 #554E50

analogous

#4E5550 #4E5553 #4E5455

triadic

#4E5553 #534E55 #55534E

tetradic

#4E5553 #504E55 #554E50 #54554E

square

#4E5553 #504E55 #554E50 #54554E

split-complementary

#4E5553 #554E54 #55504E

monochromatic

#131515 #313534 #4E5553 #6B7572 #8A9491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#4E5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4E5553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5553

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5553	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.009 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8483',
    500: '#4e5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5553;
$custom-light: #7f8483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4426,
    "c": 0.00948,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5553

secondary

#837C7E

accent

#7A89AD

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5553

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

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