#4E5B53#4E5B53

#4E5B53 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.021 H 158.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B53
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 83)
HSL	hsl(143, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(143, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 8.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, -6.84, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 7.43, 156.90°)
OKLab	oklab(45.74% -0.0192 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(45.74% 0.021 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4439, 9.7262, 9.6144)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B53 #5B4E56

analogous

#4F5B4E #4E5B53 #4E5B59

triadic

#4E5B53 #534E5B #5B534E

tetradic

#4E5B53 #4E4F5B #5B4E56 #5B594E

square

#4E5B53 #4E4F5B #5B4E56 #5B594E

split-complementary

#4E5B53 #594E5B #5B4E4F

monochromatic

#161917 #323A35 #4E5B53 #6A7C71 #899A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#4E5B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4E5B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B53

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B53	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.021 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8983',
    500: '#4e5b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b53;
$custom-light: #7f8983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.077,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45736,
    "c": 0.02068,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B53

secondary

#897C84

accent

#779BB1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B53

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

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