#4E5A58#4E5A58

#4E5A58 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.015 H 184.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A58
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 88)
HSL	hsl(170, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(170, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, -5.12, -0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 5.14, 184.77°)
OKLab	oklab(45.65% -0.0153 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(45.65% 0.015 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5591, 9.6364, 10.6397)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A58 #5A4E50

analogous

#4E5A52 #4E5A58 #4E565A

triadic

#4E5A58 #584E5A #5A584E

tetradic

#4E5A58 #524E5A #5A4E50 #565A4E

square

#4E5A58 #524E5A #5A4E50 #565A4E

split-complementary

#4E5A58 #5A4E56 #5A524E

monochromatic

#151818 #323938 #4E5A58 #6A7B78 #899996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#4E5A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4E5A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A58

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A58	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.015 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8887',
    500: '#4e5a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a58;
$custom-light: #7f8887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45654,
    "c": 0.01533,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A58

secondary

#887C7E

accent

#7881B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A58

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

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