#404A4A#404A4A

#404A4A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.013 H 196.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#404A4A
RGB	rgb(64, 74, 74)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(180, 14%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, -4.01, -1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 4.24, 198.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% -0.0124 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.013 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7989, 6.4818, 7.4228)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#404A4A #4A4040

analogous

#404A45 #404A4A #40454A

triadic

#404A4A #4A404A #4A4A40

tetradic

#404A4A #45404A #4A4040 #454A40

square

#404A4A #45404A #4A4040 #454A40

split-complementary

#404A4A #4A4045 #4A4540

monochromatic

#0E1010 #242929 #404A4A #5C6B6B #798B8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#404A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#404A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #404A4A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##404A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##404A4A	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49494A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47474A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #404a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 74, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.013 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757c7c',
    500: '#404a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #404a4a;
$custom-light: #757c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#404a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40018,
    "c": 0.01292,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#404A4A

secondary

#796D6D

accent

#7777B0

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#080909

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #404A4A

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

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