#4E5557#4E5557

#4E5557 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.010 H 216.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5557
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(193, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(193, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, -2.31, -2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 3.13, 222.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% -0.0076 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.01 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1103, 8.8047, 10.2872)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5557 #57504E

analogous

#4E5755 #4E5557 #4E5157

triadic

#4E5557 #574E55 #55574E

tetradic

#4E5557 #554E57 #57504E #51574E

square

#4E5557 #554E57 #57504E #51574E

split-complementary

#4E5557 #574E51 #57554E

monochromatic

#141616 #313537 #4E5557 #6B7577 #8A9396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#4E5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E5557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5557

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5557	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)

#545457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.010 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8486',
    500: '#4e5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5557;
$custom-light: #7f8486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44399,
    "c": 0.00953,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5557

secondary

#857E7C

accent

#8579AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5557

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

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