#4E5554#4E5554

#4E5554 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.009 H 186.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5554
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 84)
HSL	hsl(171, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(171, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.51, -3.00, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.51, 3.02, 187.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.29% -0.009 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(44.29% 0.009 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9903, 8.7567, 9.6550)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5554 #554E4F

analogous

#4E5551 #4E5554 #4E5355

triadic

#4E5554 #544E55 #55544E

tetradic

#4E5554 #514E55 #554E4F #53554E

square

#4E5554 #514E55 #554E4F #53554E

split-complementary

#4E5554 #554E53 #55514E

monochromatic

#131515 #313534 #4E5554 #6B7574 #8A9492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#4E5554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#4E5554 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5554

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5554	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.009 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8484',
    500: '#4e5554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5554;
$custom-light: #7f8484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44294,
    "c": 0.00907,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5554

secondary

#837C7D

accent

#7A82AD

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5554

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

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