#474E49#474E49

#474E49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.012 H 154.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#474E49
RGB	rgb(71, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(137, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(137, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, -3.94, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 4.41, 153.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% -0.011 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.012 154.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5253, 7.2693, 7.3614)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#474E49 #4E474C

analogous

#494E47 #474E49 #474E4D

triadic

#474E49 #49474E #4E4947

tetradic

#474E49 #47494E #4E474C #4E4D47

square

#474E49 #47494E #4E474C #4E4D47

split-complementary

#474E49 #4D474E #4E4749

monochromatic

#0F100F #2A2E2B #474E49 #646E67 #828D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#474E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#474E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #474E49

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##474E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##474E49	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #474e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.012 154.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a7f7b',
    500: '#474e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #474e49;
$custom-light: #7a7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#474e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 4.698,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41589,
    "c": 0.01219,
    "h": 154.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#474E49

secondary

#7C747A

accent

#7A9FAE

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEED

border

#C8C9C8

text

#090A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #474E49

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

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