#4E555B#4E555B

#4E555B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.013 H 243.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E555B
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 91)
HSL	hsl(208, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(208, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.74, -1.37, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.74, 4.64, 252.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% -0.0058 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.013 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2783, 8.8719, 11.1718)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E555B #5B544E

analogous

#4E5B5A #4E555B #4E4E5B

triadic

#4E555B #5B4E55 #555B4E

tetradic

#4E555B #5A4E5B #5B544E #4E5B4E

square

#4E555B #5A4E5B #5B544E #4E5B4E

split-complementary

#4E555B #5B4E4E #5B5A4E

monochromatic

#161719 #32363A #4E555B #6A747C #89929A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#4E555B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#4E555B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E555B

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E555B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E555B	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53555B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51535B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e555b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.013 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8489',
    500: '#4e555b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e555b;
$custom-light: #7f8489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e555b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44545,
    "c": 0.0133,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E555B

secondary

#89827C

accent

#9277B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E555B

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

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