#4E5952#4E5952

#4E5952 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.018 H 157.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5952
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 82)
HSL	hsl(142, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(142, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, -5.86, 2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 6.41, 156.13°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% -0.0165 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.018 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2369, 9.3735, 9.3563)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5952 #594E55

analogous

#4F594E #4E5952 #4E5957

triadic

#4E5952 #524E59 #59524E

tetradic

#4E5952 #4E4F59 #594E55 #59574E

square

#4E5952 #4E4F59 #594E55 #59574E

split-complementary

#4E5952 #574E59 #594E4F

monochromatic

#151816 #313834 #4E5952 #6B7A70 #89988F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#4E5952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E5952 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5952

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5952	1.00	7.30	2.87	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.018 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8782',
    500: '#4e5952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5952;
$custom-light: #7f8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.818,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45209,
    "c": 0.01781,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5952

secondary

#877C83

accent

#789BB0

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5952

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

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