#4E5556#4E5556

#4E5556 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.009 H 207.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5556
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(188, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(188, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, -2.54, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 2.97, 211.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% -0.0081 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.009 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0697, 8.7885, 10.0735)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5556 #564F4E

analogous

#4E5653 #4E5556 #4E5156

triadic

#4E5556 #564E55 #55564E

tetradic

#4E5556 #534E56 #564F4E #51564E

square

#4E5556 #534E56 #564F4E #51564E

split-complementary

#4E5556 #564E51 #56534E

monochromatic

#141616 #313536 #4E5556 #6B7576 #8A9395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#4E5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E5556 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5556

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5556	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.009 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8485',
    500: '#4e5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5556;
$custom-light: #7f8485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44363,
    "c": 0.00909,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5556

secondary

#847D7C

accent

#807AAE

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5556

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

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