#483E42#483E42

#483E42 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.015 H 351.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483E42
RGB	rgb(72, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(336, 7%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(336, 14%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 8.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.34, 5.14, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.34, 5.21, 350.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0151 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.015 351.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3784, 5.2164, 5.8767)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483E42 #3E4844

analogous

#483E47 #483E42 #483F3E

triadic

#483E42 #42483E #3E4248

tetradic

#483E42 #47483E #3E4844 #3F3E48

square

#483E42 #47483E #3E4844 #3F3E48

split-complementary

#483E42 #3E483F #3E4748

monochromatic

#100E0F #272224 #483E42 #695A60 #8A777E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#483E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#483E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483E42

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483E42	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.015 351.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7376',
    500: '#483e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483e42;
$custom-light: #7b7376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 7.463,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3756,
    "c": 0.01525,
    "h": 351.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483E42

secondary

#6B7772

accent

#B19A77

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECED

border

#C8C7C8

text

#090808

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #483E42

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

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