#4E5656#4E5656

#4E5656 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.010 H 196.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5656
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.88, -3.15, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.88, 3.34, 198.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.61% -0.0097 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(44.61% 0.01 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1490, 8.9470, 10.0999)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5656 #564E4E

analogous

#4E5652 #4E5656 #4E5256

triadic

#4E5656 #564E56 #56564E

tetradic

#4E5656 #524E56 #564E4E #52564E

square

#4E5656 #524E56 #564E4E #52564E

split-complementary

#4E5656 #564E52 #56524E

monochromatic

#141616 #313636 #4E5656 #6B7676 #8A9595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#4E5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E5656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5656

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5656	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.010 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8585',
    500: '#4e5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5656;
$custom-light: #7f8585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44607,
    "c": 0.01016,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5656

secondary

#847C7C

accent

#7A7AAE

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5656

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

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