#4E5958#4E5958

#4E5958 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.014 H 190.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5958
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 88)
HSL	hsl(175, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(175, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, -4.52, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 4.60, 191.04°)
OKLab	oklab(45.41% -0.0137 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(45.41% 0.014 190)
XYZ	xyz(8.4753, 9.4689, 10.6118)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5958 #594E4F

analogous

#4E5952 #4E5958 #4E5459

triadic

#4E5958 #584E59 #59584E

tetradic

#4E5958 #524E59 #594E4F #54594E

square

#4E5958 #524E59 #594E4F #54594E

split-complementary

#4E5958 #594E54 #59524E

monochromatic

#151818 #313838 #4E5958 #6B7A78 #899897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#4E5958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4E5958 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5958

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5958	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)

#585858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.014 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8787',
    500: '#4e5958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5958;
$custom-light: #7f8787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45409,
    "c": 0.01389,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.09469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5958

secondary

#877C7D

accent

#787DB0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5958

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

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