#4E5756#4E5756

#4E5756 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.011 H 188.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5756
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 86)
HSL	hsl(173, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(173, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.19, -3.76, -0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.19, 3.82, 189.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% -0.0114 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.011 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2294, 9.1078, 10.1267)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5756 #574E4F

analogous

#4E5752 #4E5756 #4E5457

triadic

#4E5756 #564E57 #57564E

tetradic

#4E5756 #524E57 #574E4F #54574E

square

#4E5756 #524E57 #574E4F #54574E

split-complementary

#4E5756 #574E54 #57524E

monochromatic

#141616 #313736 #4E5756 #6B7776 #8A9694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#4E5756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#4E5756 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5756

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5756	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.011 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8685',
    500: '#4e5756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5756;
$custom-light: #7f8685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44851,
    "c": 0.01149,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5756

secondary

#857C7D

accent

#797FAF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5756

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

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