#4E5850#4E5850

#4E5850 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.018 H 151.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5850
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 80)
HSL	hsl(132, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(132, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 9.1%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, -5.70, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 6.59, 149.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% -0.0158 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.018 151.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0793, 9.1782, 8.9338)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5850 #584E56

analogous

#51584E #4E5850 #4E5855

triadic

#4E5850 #504E58 #58504E

tetradic

#4E5850 #4E5158 #584E56 #58554E

square

#4E5850 #4E5158 #584E56 #58554E

split-complementary

#4E5850 #554E58 #584E51

monochromatic

#141715 #313833 #4E5850 #6B786D #8A978C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#4E5850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E5850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5850

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5850	1.00	7.41	2.84	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.018 151.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8781',
    500: '#4e5850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5850;
$custom-light: #7f8781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44898,
    "c": 0.01801,
    "h": 151.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5850

secondary

#867C84

accent

#79A4AF

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5850

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

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