#4E5559#4E5559

#4E5559 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.011 H 232.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5559
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(202, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(202, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.67, -1.84, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.67, 3.76, 240.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% -0.0067 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.011 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1931, 8.8378, 10.7235)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5559 #59524E

analogous

#4E5957 #4E5559 #4E4F59

triadic

#4E5559 #594E55 #55594E

tetradic

#4E5559 #574E59 #59524E #4F594E

square

#4E5559 #574E59 #59524E #4F594E

split-complementary

#4E5559 #594E4F #59574E

monochromatic

#151718 #313638 #4E5559 #6B747A #899398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#4E5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#4E5559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5559

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5559	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.011 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8487',
    500: '#4e5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5559;
$custom-light: #7f8487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44471,
    "c": 0.01109,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5559

secondary

#87807C

accent

#8C78B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5559

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

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