#4E5A56#4E5A56

#4E5A56 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.016 H 173.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A56
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(160, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(160, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, -5.57, 0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 5.62, 172.56°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% -0.0162 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.016 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4774, 9.6037, 10.2094)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A56 #5A4E52

analogous

#4E5A50 #4E5A56 #4E585A

triadic

#4E5A56 #564E5A #5A564E

tetradic

#4E5A56 #504E5A #5A4E52 #585A4E

square

#4E5A56 #504E5A #5A4E52 #585A4E

split-complementary

#4E5A56 #5A4E58 #5A504E

monochromatic

#151817 #323937 #4E5A56 #6A7B75 #899994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#4E5A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#4E5A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A56

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A56	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.016 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8885',
    500: '#4e5a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a56;
$custom-light: #7f8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45587,
    "c": 0.01632,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A56

secondary

#887C80

accent

#788AB0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A56

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

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