#4E595A#4E595A

#4E595A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.014 H 203.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E595A
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 90)
HSL	hsl(185, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(185, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, -4.05, -2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 4.53, 206.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% -0.0128 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.014 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5593, 9.5025, 11.0541)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E595A #5A4F4E

analogous

#4E5A55 #4E595A #4E535A

triadic

#4E595A #5A4E59 #595A4E

tetradic

#4E595A #554E5A #5A4F4E #535A4E

square

#4E595A #554E5A #5A4F4E #535A4E

split-complementary

#4E595A #5A4E53 #5A554E

monochromatic

#151818 #323939 #4E595A #6A797B #899899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#4E595A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4E595A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E595A

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E595A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E595A	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57585A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55565A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e595a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.014 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8788',
    500: '#4e595a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e595a;
$custom-light: #7f8788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e595a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45479,
    "c": 0.01389,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E595A

secondary

#887D7C

accent

#7C78B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E595A

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

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