#4E5059

Closest named color: Dusty Grape (#545775). oklch(43.3% 0.015 275.8), rgb(78, 80, 89).

White text reads best on this color (8.02:1).

About this color

#4E5059 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 43%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Dusty Grape (#545775), ΔE 0.048 away. White text reads best on it, at 8.02:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (43%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Dusty Grape (#545775)
Black text	2.61:1
White text	8.02:1

Values

HEX	#4E5059
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 89)
HSL	hsl(229, 7%, 33%)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.015 275.8)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #4E5059	8.02:1	AAA	Lc -92.5	Preferred for body text
Black text on #4E5059	2.61:1	Fails	Lc 16.2	Dividers and decoration only
#4E5059 text on white	8.02:1	AAA	Lc 87.8	Fine for body text
#4E5059 text on black	2.61:1	Fails	Lc -14.3	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F6

oklch(97% 0.001 286.4)
Step 100
100

#E9EAEB

oklch(93.7% 0.002 247.8)
Step 200
200

#D8D9DC

oklch(88.5% 0.004 271.4)
Step 300
300

#BFC0C6

oklch(80.9% 0.008 278.6)
Step 400
400

#9EA0AA

oklch(70.7% 0.015 277)
Step 500
500

#868995

oklch(63.2% 0.018 274.7)
Step 600
600

#70737F

oklch(55.7% 0.019 274.6)
Step 700
700

#5E606B

oklch(49.1% 0.018 277.5)
Step 800
800 (this color)

#4E5059

oklch(43.3% 0.015 275.8)
Step 900
900

#404148

oklch(37.7% 0.012 279.3)
Step 950
950

#25262A

oklch(26.9% 0.008 274.7)

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#4E5059 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#4E5159	0.003
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#4D5059	0.002
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#4C5253	0.014
Achromatopsia (no color)	#505050	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #4E5059, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #4E5059 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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