#4E5854#4E5854

#4E5854 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.014 H 169.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5854
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 84)
HSL	hsl(156, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(156, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 4.5%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, -4.82, 0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 4.92, 168.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.03% -0.0139 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(45.03% 0.014 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2315, 9.2391, 9.7354)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5854 #584E52

analogous

#4E584F #4E5854 #4E5758

triadic

#4E5854 #544E58 #58544E

tetradic

#4E5854 #4F4E58 #584E52 #57584E

square

#4E5854 #4F4E58 #584E52 #57584E

split-complementary

#4E5854 #584E57 #584F4E

monochromatic

#141716 #313835 #4E5854 #6B7873 #8A9792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#4E5854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E5854 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5854

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5854	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.014 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8784',
    500: '#4e5854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5854;
$custom-light: #7f8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45028,
    "c": 0.01415,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5854

secondary

#867C80

accent

#798EAF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5854

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

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