#4E5859#4E5859

#4E5859 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.013 H 204.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5859
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(185, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(185, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, -3.68, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 4.15, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.2% -0.0116 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(45.2% 0.013 204)
XYZ	xyz(8.4344, 9.3203, 10.8039)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5859 #594F4E

analogous

#4E5954 #4E5859 #4E5259

triadic

#4E5859 #594E58 #58594E

tetradic

#4E5859 #544E59 #594F4E #52594E

square

#4E5859 #544E59 #594F4E #52594E

split-complementary

#4E5859 #594E52 #59544E

monochromatic

#151818 #313838 #4E5859 #6B787A #899798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4E5859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4E5859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5859

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5859	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.013 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8787',
    500: '#4e5859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5859;
$custom-light: #7f8787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.452,
    "c": 0.01271,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.0932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5859

secondary

#877D7C

accent

#7D78B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5859

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

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