#4E585B#4E585B

#4E585B is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.014 H 217.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E585B
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 91)
HSL	hsl(194, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(194, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, -3.21, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 4.44, 223.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% -0.0107 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.014 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5195, 9.3543, 11.2522)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E585B #5B514E

analogous

#4E5B57 #4E585B #4E515B

triadic

#4E585B #5B4E58 #585B4E

tetradic

#4E585B #574E5B #5B514E #515B4E

square

#4E585B #574E5B #5B514E #515B4E

split-complementary

#4E585B #5B4E51 #5B574E

monochromatic

#161819 #32383A #4E585B #6A787C #89969A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#4E585B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E585B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E585B

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E585B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E585B	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)

#56575B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54555B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e585b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.014 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8789',
    500: '#4e585b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e585b;
$custom-light: #7f8789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e585b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45271,
    "c": 0.01353,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E585B

secondary

#897F7C

accent

#8477B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E585B

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

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