#4E5A50#4E5A50

#4E5A50 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.022 H 150.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A50
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(130, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(130, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 11.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, -6.89, 4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 8.07, 148.60°)
OKLab	oklab(45.39% -0.0191 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(45.39% 0.022 150.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2457, 9.5111, 8.9893)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A50 #5A4E58

analogous

#525A4E #4E5A50 #4E5A56

triadic

#4E5A50 #504E5A #5A504E

tetradic

#4E5A50 #4E525A #5A4E58 #5A564E

square

#4E5A50 #4E525A #5A4E58 #5A564E

split-complementary

#4E5A50 #564E5A #5A4E52

monochromatic

#151816 #323933 #4E5A50 #6A7B6D #89998C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#4E5A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#4E5A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A50

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A50	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)

#5A584F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.022 150.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8881',
    500: '#4e5a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a50;
$custom-light: #7f8881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45394,
    "c": 0.02198,
    "h": 150.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A50

secondary

#887C86

accent

#78A7B0

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A50

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

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