#42444E#42444E

#42444E is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.017 H 276.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42444E
RGB	rgb(66, 68, 78)
HSL	hsl(230, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(230, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.01, 1.57, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.01, 6.47, 284.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.002 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.017 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6887, 5.8425, 8.0343)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42444E #4E4C42

analogous

#424A4E #42444E #46424E

triadic

#42444E #4E4244 #444E42

tetradic

#42444E #4E424A #4E4C42 #424E46

square

#42444E #4E424A #4E4C42 #424E46

split-complementary

#42444E #4E4642 #4A4E42

monochromatic

#0E0E11 #26272D #42444E #5E616F #7B7E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#42444E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#42444E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42444E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42444E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42444E	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41454E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41444E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42444e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 68, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.017 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76777f',
    500: '#42444e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42444e;
$custom-light: #76777f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42444e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38859,
    "c": 0.01709,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42444E

secondary

#7D7A6F

accent

#A876B1

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#08080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42444E

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

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