#4E5852#4E5852

#4E5852 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.016 H 159.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5852
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 82)
HSL	hsl(144, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(144, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 6.8%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.38, -5.26, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.38, 5.68, 157.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% -0.0149 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.016 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1543, 9.2082, 9.3288)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5852 #584E54

analogous

#4F584E #4E5852 #4E5857

triadic

#4E5852 #524E58 #58524E

tetradic

#4E5852 #4E4F58 #584E54 #58574E

square

#4E5852 #4E4F58 #584E54 #58574E

split-complementary

#4E5852 #574E58 #584E4F

monochromatic

#141716 #313834 #4E5852 #6B7870 #8A978F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#4E5852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E5852 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5852

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5852	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.016 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8782',
    500: '#4e5852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5852;
$custom-light: #7f8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44962,
    "c": 0.01587,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5852

secondary

#867C82

accent

#7999AF

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5852

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

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