#4E5950#4E5950

#4E5950 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.020 H 150.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5950
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(131, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(131, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 10.1%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.64, -6.29, 3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.64, 7.33, 149.16°)
OKLab	oklab(45.15% -0.0174 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(45.15% 0.02 150.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1619, 9.3435, 8.9613)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5950 #594E57

analogous

#51594E #4E5950 #4E5955

triadic

#4E5950 #504E59 #59504E

tetradic

#4E5950 #4E5159 #594E57 #59554E

square

#4E5950 #4E5159 #594E57 #59554E

split-complementary

#4E5950 #554E59 #594E51

monochromatic

#151815 #313833 #4E5950 #6B7A6D #89988C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#4E5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E5950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5950

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5950	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)

#595750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.020 150.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8781',
    500: '#4e5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5950;
$custom-light: #7f8781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.909,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45146,
    "c": 0.02,
    "h": 150.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5950

secondary

#877C85

accent

#78A6B0

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5950

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

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