#4E5B59#4E5B59

#4E5B59 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.016 H 185.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5B59
RGB	rgb(78, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(171, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(171, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, -5.49, -0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 5.52, 185.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.93% -0.0164 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(45.93% 0.016 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6857, 9.8229, 10.8877)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5B59 #5B4E50

analogous

#4E5B52 #4E5B59 #4E565B

triadic

#4E5B59 #594E5B #5B594E

tetradic

#4E5B59 #524E5B #5B4E50 #565B4E

square

#4E5B59 #524E5B #5B4E50 #565B4E

split-complementary

#4E5B59 #5B4E56 #5B524E

monochromatic

#161919 #323A39 #4E5B59 #6A7C79 #899A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#4E5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#4E5B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5B59

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5B59	1.00	7.08	2.96	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.016 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8987',
    500: '#4e5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5b59;
$custom-light: #7f8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45934,
    "c": 0.01649,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5B59

secondary

#897C7E

accent

#7780B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5B59

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

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