#4E5857#4E5857

#4E5857 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.013 H 189.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5857
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(174, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(174, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, -4.14, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 4.21, 190.35°)
OKLab	oklab(45.13% -0.0125 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(45.13% 0.013 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3515, 9.2871, 10.3676)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5857 #584E4F

analogous

#4E5852 #4E5857 #4E5458

triadic

#4E5857 #574E58 #58574E

tetradic

#4E5857 #524E58 #584E4F #54584E

square

#4E5857 #524E58 #584E4F #54584E

split-complementary

#4E5857 #584E54 #58524E

monochromatic

#141717 #313837 #4E5857 #6B7877 #8A9796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#4E5857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4E5857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5857

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5857	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.013 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8786',
    500: '#4e5857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5857;
$custom-light: #7f8786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4513,
    "c": 0.01269,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5857

secondary

#867C7D

accent

#797EAF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5857

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

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