#4E594F#4E594F

#4E594F is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.021 H 147.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E594F
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 79)
HSL	hsl(125, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(125, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 11.2%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, -6.51, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 7.82, 146.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.12% -0.0179 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(45.12% 0.021 147.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1252, 9.3289, 8.7682)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E594F #594E58

analogous

#52594E #4E594F #4E5954

triadic

#4E594F #4F4E59 #594F4E

tetradic

#4E594F #4E5259 #594E58 #59544E

square

#4E594F #4E5259 #594E58 #59544E

split-complementary

#4E594F #544E59 #594E52

monochromatic

#151815 #313832 #4E594F #6B7A6C #89988B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4E594F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E594F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E594F

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E594F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E594F	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59574E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57564F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e594f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.021 147.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8780',
    500: '#4e594f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e594f;
$custom-light: #7f8780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e594f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.455,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45115,
    "c": 0.02118,
    "h": 147.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E594F

secondary

#877C86

accent

#78ABB0

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E594F

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

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