#424A42#424A42

#424A42 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.017 H 145.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#424A42
RGB	rgb(66, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(120, 11%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 10.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, -5.04, 3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 6.24, 143.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% -0.0138 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.017 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6787, 6.4491, 6.0988)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#424A42 #4A424A

analogous

#464A42 #424A42 #424A46

triadic

#424A42 #42424A #4A4242

tetradic

#424A42 #42464A #4A424A #4A4642

square

#424A42 #42464A #4A424A #4A4642

split-complementary

#424A42 #46424A #4A4246

monochromatic

#0E100E #252A25 #424A42 #5F6A5F #7C8A7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#424A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#424A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #424A42

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##424A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##424A42	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)

#4A4842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #424a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.017 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767c76',
    500: '#424a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #424a42;
$custom-light: #767c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#424a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39917,
    "c": 0.01682,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#424A42

secondary

#796F79

accent

#79AFAF

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEED

border

#C8C9C8

text

#080908

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #424A42

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

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