#4E5853#4E5853

#4E5853 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.015 H 164.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5853
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(150, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(150, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 5.7%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, -5.04, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 5.28, 162.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45% -0.0144 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.015 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1926, 9.2236, 9.5306)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5853 #584E53

analogous

#4E584E #4E5853 #4E5858

triadic

#4E5853 #534E58 #58534E

tetradic

#4E5853 #4E4E58 #584E53 #58584E

square

#4E5853 #4E4E58 #584E53 #58584E

split-complementary

#4E5853 #584E58 #584E4E

monochromatic

#141716 #313834 #4E5853 #6B7872 #8A9790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#4E5853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#4E5853 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5853

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5853	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.015 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8783',
    500: '#4e5853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5853;
$custom-light: #7f8783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44995,
    "c": 0.01495,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5853

secondary

#867C81

accent

#7994AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5853

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

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