#4E5657#4E5657

#4E5657 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.010 H 205.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5657
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(187, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(187, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.91, -2.93, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.91, 3.36, 209.62°)
OKLab	oklab(44.64% -0.0093 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(44.64% 0.01 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1896, 8.9633, 10.3136)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5657 #574F4E

analogous

#4E5754 #4E5657 #4E5257

triadic

#4E5657 #574E56 #56574E

tetradic

#4E5657 #544E57 #574F4E #52574E

square

#4E5657 #544E57 #574F4E #52574E

split-complementary

#4E5657 #574E52 #57544E

monochromatic

#141616 #313637 #4E5657 #6B7677 #8A9496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#4E5657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E5657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5657

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5657	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.010 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8586',
    500: '#4e5657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5657;
$custom-light: #7f8586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44642,
    "c": 0.0103,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5657

secondary

#857D7C

accent

#7F79AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5657

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

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