#4E5B50#4E5B50

#4E5B50 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.024 H 149.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B50
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 80)
HSL	hsl(129, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(129, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, -7.48, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 8.81, 148.11°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% -0.0207 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.024 149.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3306, 9.6809, 9.0176)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B50 #5B4E59

analogous

#525B4E #4E5B50 #4E5B56

triadic

#4E5B50 #504E5B #5B504E

tetradic

#4E5B50 #4E525B #5B4E59 #5B564E

square

#4E5B50 #4E525B #5B4E59 #5B564E

split-complementary

#4E5B50 #564E5B #5B4E52

monochromatic

#161916 #323A33 #4E5B50 #6A7C6D #899A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#4E5B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4E5B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B50

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B50	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B594F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.024 149.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8981',
    500: '#4e5b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b50;
$custom-light: #7f8981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.231,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45643,
    "c": 0.02395,
    "h": 149.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B50

secondary

#897C87

accent

#77A8B1

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEF0EE

border

#C9CBC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B50

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

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