#4E594E#4E594E

#4E594E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.022 H 145.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E594E
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 78)
HSL	hsl(120, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(120, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 12.4%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, -6.72, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 8.33, 143.76°)
OKLab	oklab(45.08% -0.0184 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(45.08% 0.022 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0891, 9.3144, 8.5779)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E594E #594E59

analogous

#53594E #4E594E #4E5953

triadic

#4E594E #4E4E59 #594E4E

tetradic

#4E594E #4E5359 #594E59 #59534E

square

#4E594E #4E5359 #594E59 #59534E

split-complementary

#4E594E #534E59 #594E53

monochromatic

#151815 #313831 #4E594E #6B7A6B #899889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4E594E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#4E594E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E594E

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E594E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E594E	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)

#5A574D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58564F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e594e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.022 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f877f',
    500: '#4e594e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e594e;
$custom-light: #7f877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e594e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45084,
    "c": 0.02241,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E594E

secondary

#877C87

accent

#78B0B0

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E594E

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

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