#4E5957#4E5957

#4E5957 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.014 H 183.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5957
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(169, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(169, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, -4.75, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 4.76, 183.65°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% -0.0141 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.014 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4342, 9.4524, 10.3951)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5957 #594E50

analogous

#4E5951 #4E5957 #4E5559

triadic

#4E5957 #574E59 #59574E

tetradic

#4E5957 #514E59 #594E50 #55594E

square

#4E5957 #514E59 #594E50 #55594E

split-complementary

#4E5957 #594E55 #59514E

monochromatic

#151817 #313837 #4E5957 #6B7A77 #899895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#4E5957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4E5957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5957

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5957	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.014 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8786',
    500: '#4e5957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5957;
$custom-light: #7f8786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45375,
    "c": 0.01417,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5957

secondary

#877C7E

accent

#7882B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5957

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

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