#4E5A54#4E5A54

#4E5A54 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.018 H 164.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A54
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 84)
HSL	hsl(150, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(150, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 6.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, -6.02, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 6.31, 162.61°)
OKLab	oklab(45.52% -0.0171 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(45.52% 0.018 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3979, 9.5720, 9.7909)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A54 #5A4E54

analogous

#4E5A4E #4E5A54 #4E5A5A

triadic

#4E5A54 #544E5A #5A544E

tetradic

#4E5A54 #4E4E5A #5A4E54 #5A5A4E

square

#4E5A54 #4E4E5A #5A4E54 #5A5A4E

split-complementary

#4E5A54 #5A4E5A #5A4E4E

monochromatic

#151817 #323935 #4E5A54 #6A7B73 #899991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#4E5A54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#4E5A54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A54

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A54	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.018 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8884',
    500: '#4e5a54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a54;
$custom-light: #7f8884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45521,
    "c": 0.01784,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A54

secondary

#887C82

accent

#7894B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A54

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

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