#4E5959#4E5959

#4E5959 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.014 H 196.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5959
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(180, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, -4.29, -1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 4.53, 198.79°)
OKLab	oklab(45.44% -0.0132 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(45.44% 0.014 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5170, 9.4856, 10.8314)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5959 #594E4E

analogous

#4E5953 #4E5959 #4E5359

triadic

#4E5959 #594E59 #59594E

tetradic

#4E5959 #534E59 #594E4E #53594E

square

#4E5959 #534E59 #594E4E #53594E

split-complementary

#4E5959 #594E53 #59534E

monochromatic

#151818 #313838 #4E5959 #6B7A7A #899898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#4E5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4E5959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5959

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5959	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.014 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8787',
    500: '#4e5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5959;
$custom-light: #7f8787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45444,
    "c": 0.0138,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5959

secondary

#877C7C

accent

#7878B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5959

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

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