#4E5A52#4E5A52

#4E5A52 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.020 H 156.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A52
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 82)
HSL	hsl(140, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(140, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, -6.46, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 7.14, 154.76°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% -0.0181 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.02 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3207, 9.5411, 9.3842)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A52 #5A4E56

analogous

#505A4E #4E5A52 #4E5A58

triadic

#4E5A52 #524E5A #5A524E

tetradic

#4E5A52 #4E505A #5A4E56 #5A584E

square

#4E5A52 #4E505A #5A4E56 #5A584E

split-complementary

#4E5A52 #584E5A #5A4E50

monochromatic

#151816 #323934 #4E5A52 #6A7B70 #89998F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#4E5A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4E5A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A52

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A52	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.020 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8882',
    500: '#4e5a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a52;
$custom-light: #7f8882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45457,
    "c": 0.01976,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A52

secondary

#887C84

accent

#789DB0

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A52

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

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