#4E594D#4E594D

#4E594D is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.024 H 142.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E594D
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 77)
HSL	hsl(115, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(115, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 13.5%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.56, -6.92, 5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.56, 8.85, 141.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% -0.0189 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.024 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0535, 9.3002, 8.3906)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E594D #584D59

analogous

#54594D #4E594D #4D5952

triadic

#4E594D #4D4E59 #594D4E

tetradic

#4E594D #4D5459 #584D59 #59524D

square

#4E594D #4D5459 #584D59 #59524D

split-complementary

#4E594D #524D59 #594D54

monochromatic

#141714 #313831 #4E594D #6B7A69 #8A9888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#4E594D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4E594D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E594D

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E594D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E594D	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A574C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58564E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e594d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.024 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f877e',
    500: '#4e594d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e594d;
$custom-light: #7f877e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e594d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115,
    "s": 7.229,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45054,
    "c": 0.02368,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E594D

secondary

#867B87

accent

#78B0AC

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E594D

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

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