#4E5B52#4E5B52

#4E5B52 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.022 H 155.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B52
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 82)
HSL	hsl(138, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(138, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, -7.06, 3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 7.87, 153.64°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% -0.0197 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.022 155.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4056, 9.7109, 9.4125)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B52 #5B4E57

analogous

#505B4E #4E5B52 #4E5B58

triadic

#4E5B52 #524E5B #5B524E

tetradic

#4E5B52 #4E505B #5B4E57 #5B584E

square

#4E5B52 #4E505B #5B4E57 #5B584E

split-complementary

#4E5B52 #584E5B #5B4E50

monochromatic

#161917 #323A34 #4E5B52 #6A7C70 #899A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#4E5B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#4E5B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B52

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B52	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.022 155.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8982',
    500: '#4e5b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b52;
$custom-light: #7f8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.462,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45705,
    "c": 0.02171,
    "h": 155.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B52

secondary

#897C85

accent

#779FB1

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEF0EE

border

#C9CBC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B52

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

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