#4E5955#4E5955

#4E5955 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.015 H 171.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5955
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(158, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(158, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 4.5%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, -5.20, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 5.27, 170.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.31% -0.0151 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(45.31% 0.015 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3536, 9.4202, 9.9707)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5955 #594E52

analogous

#4E594F #4E5955 #4E5759

triadic

#4E5955 #554E59 #59554E

tetradic

#4E5955 #4F4E59 #594E52 #57594E

square

#4E5955 #4F4E59 #594E52 #57594E

split-complementary

#4E5955 #594E57 #594F4E

monochromatic

#151817 #313836 #4E5955 #6B7A74 #899893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#4E5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#4E5955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5955

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5955	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.015 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8784',
    500: '#4e5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5955;
$custom-light: #7f8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45307,
    "c": 0.01523,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5955

secondary

#877C80

accent

#788CB0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5955

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

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