#4E5856#4E5856

#4E5856 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.013 H 182.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5856
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 86)
HSL	hsl(168, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(168, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 2.3%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, -4.37, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 4.37, 182.32°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% -0.013 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.013 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3109, 9.2709, 10.1539)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5856 #584E50

analogous

#4E5851 #4E5856 #4E5558

triadic

#4E5856 #564E58 #58564E

tetradic

#4E5856 #514E58 #584E50 #55584E

square

#4E5856 #514E58 #584E50 #55584E

split-complementary

#4E5856 #584E55 #58514E

monochromatic

#141717 #313836 #4E5856 #6B7876 #8A9794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#4E5856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#4E5856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5856

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5856	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.013 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8785',
    500: '#4e5856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5856;
$custom-light: #7f8785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45095,
    "c": 0.013,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5856

secondary

#867C7E

accent

#7984AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5856

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

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