#4E5956#4E5956

#4E5956 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.015 H 177.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5956
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(164, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(164, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.81, -4.97, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.81, 4.98, 176.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% -0.0146 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.015 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3936, 9.4362, 10.1814)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5956 #594E51

analogous

#4E5950 #4E5956 #4E5659

triadic

#4E5956 #564E59 #59564E

tetradic

#4E5956 #504E59 #594E51 #56594E

square

#4E5956 #504E59 #594E51 #56594E

split-complementary

#4E5956 #594E56 #59504E

monochromatic

#151817 #313836 #4E5956 #6B7A76 #899894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#4E5956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4E5956 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5956

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5956	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.015 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8785',
    500: '#4e5956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5956;
$custom-light: #7f8785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45341,
    "c": 0.01461,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5956

secondary

#877C7F

accent

#7887B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5956

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

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