#4E595B#4E595B

#4E595B is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.014 H 209.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E595B
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 91)
HSL	hsl(189, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(189, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, -3.81, -2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 4.62, 214.39°)
OKLab	oklab(45.52% -0.0123 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(45.52% 0.014 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6021, 9.5196, 11.2798)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E595B #5B504E

analogous

#4E5B56 #4E595B #4E525B

triadic

#4E595B #5B4E59 #595B4E

tetradic

#4E595B #564E5B #5B504E #525B4E

square

#4E595B #564E5B #5B504E #525B4E

split-complementary

#4E595B #5B4E52 #5B564E

monochromatic

#161919 #32393A #4E595B #6A797C #89989A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#4E595B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4E595B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E595B

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E595B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E595B	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57585B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55565B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e595b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.014 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8789',
    500: '#4e595b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e595b;
$custom-light: #7f8789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e595b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45515,
    "c": 0.01419,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E595B

secondary

#897E7C

accent

#8077B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E595B

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

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