#404A48#404A48

#404A48 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.013 H 182.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#404A48
RGB	rgb(64, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(168, 7%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(168, 14%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 2.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, -4.49, -0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 4.49, 182.17°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% -0.0133 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.013 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7326, 6.4553, 7.0736)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#404A48 #4A4042

analogous

#404A43 #404A48 #40474A

triadic

#404A48 #48404A #4A4840

tetradic

#404A48 #43404A #4A4042 #474A40

square

#404A48 #43404A #4A4042 #474A40

split-complementary

#404A48 #4A4047 #4A4340

monochromatic

#0E1010 #242928 #404A48 #5C6B68 #798B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#404A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#404A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #404A48

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##404A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##404A48	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #404a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.013 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747c7a',
    500: '#404a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #404a48;
$custom-light: #747c7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#404a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39947,
    "c": 0.01334,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#404A48

secondary

#796D6F

accent

#7783B0

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEED

border

#C8C9C8

text

#080909

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #404A48

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

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