#4E5757#4E5757

#4E5757 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.011 H 196.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5757
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.22, -3.53, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.22, 3.74, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% -0.0109 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.011 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2700, 9.1241, 10.3404)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5757 #574E4E

analogous

#4E5753 #4E5757 #4E5357

triadic

#4E5757 #574E57 #57574E

tetradic

#4E5757 #534E57 #574E4E #53574E

square

#4E5757 #534E57 #574E4E #53574E

split-complementary

#4E5757 #574E53 #57534E

monochromatic

#141616 #313737 #4E5757 #6B7777 #8A9696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#4E5757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#4E5757 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5757

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5757	1.00	7.43	2.82	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.011 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8686',
    500: '#4e5757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5757;
$custom-light: #7f8686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.455,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44885,
    "c": 0.01138,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5757

secondary

#857C7C

accent

#7979AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5757

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

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