#4E585A#4E585A

#4E585A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.013 H 211.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E585A
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 90)
HSL	hsl(190, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(190, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.63, -3.44, -2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.63, 4.25, 215.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% -0.0112 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.013 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4766, 9.3372, 11.0265)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E585A #5A504E

analogous

#4E5A56 #4E585A #4E525A

triadic

#4E585A #5A4E58 #585A4E

tetradic

#4E585A #564E5A #5A504E #525A4E

square

#4E585A #564E5A #5A504E #525A4E

split-complementary

#4E585A #5A4E52 #5A564E

monochromatic

#151818 #323839 #4E585A #6A787B #899699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#4E585A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E585A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E585A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E585A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E585A	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56575A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54555A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e585a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.013 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8788',
    500: '#4e585a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e585a;
$custom-light: #7f8788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e585a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45235,
    "c": 0.01303,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E585A

secondary

#887E7C

accent

#8178B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E585A

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

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