#4E5B56#4E5B56

#4E5B56 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.018 H 170.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B56
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(157, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(157, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 5.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, -6.17, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 6.29, 169.17°)
OKLab	oklab(45.83% -0.0178 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(45.83% 0.018 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5623, 9.7736, 10.2377)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B56 #5B4E53

analogous

#4E5B4F #4E5B56 #4E595B

triadic

#4E5B56 #564E5B #5B564E

tetradic

#4E5B56 #4F4E5B #5B4E53 #595B4E

square

#4E5B56 #4F4E5B #5B4E53 #595B4E

split-complementary

#4E5B56 #5B4E59 #5B4F4E

monochromatic

#161918 #323A37 #4E5B56 #6A7C75 #899A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#4E5B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#4E5B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B56

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B56	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.018 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8985',
    500: '#4e5b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b56;
$custom-light: #7f8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45834,
    "c": 0.01808,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B56

secondary

#897C81

accent

#778DB1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B56

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

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