#4E555A#4E555A

#4E555A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.012 H 238.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E555A
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 90)
HSL	hsl(205, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.70, -1.61, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.70, 4.17, 247.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% -0.0063 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.012 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2354, 8.8548, 10.9461)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E555A #5A534E

analogous

#4E5A59 #4E555A #4E4F5A

triadic

#4E555A #5A4E55 #555A4E

tetradic

#4E555A #594E5A #5A534E #4F5A4E

square

#4E555A #594E5A #5A534E #4F5A4E

split-complementary

#4E555A #5A4E4F #5A594E

monochromatic

#151718 #323639 #4E555A #6A747B #899399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#4E555A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#4E555A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E555A

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E555A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E555A	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53555A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51535A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e555a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.012 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8488',
    500: '#4e555a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e555a;
$custom-light: #7f8488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e555a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44508,
    "c": 0.01213,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E555A

secondary

#88817C

accent

#8F78B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E555A

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

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