#4E5558#4E5558

#4E5558 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.010 H 225.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5558
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 88)
HSL	hsl(198, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(198, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.64, -2.08, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.64, 3.40, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% -0.0072 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.01 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1514, 8.8212, 10.5038)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5558 #58514E

analogous

#4E5856 #4E5558 #4E5058

triadic

#4E5558 #584E55 #55584E

tetradic

#4E5558 #564E58 #58514E #50584E

square

#4E5558 #564E58 #58514E #50584E

split-complementary

#4E5558 #584E50 #58564E

monochromatic

#141617 #313638 #4E5558 #6B7478 #8A9397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#4E5558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E5558 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5558

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5558	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.010 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8487',
    500: '#4e5558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5558;
$custom-light: #7f8487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44435,
    "c": 0.01021,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5558

secondary

#867F7C

accent

#8979AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5558

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

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