#48474E#48474E

#48474E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.012 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48474E
RGB	rgb(72, 71, 78)
HSL	hsl(249, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(249, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 2.00, -4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 4.50, 296.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0045 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.012 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3006, 6.4342, 8.1162)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48474E #4D4E47

analogous

#474A4E #48474E #4C474E

triadic

#48474E #4E4847 #474E48

tetradic

#48474E #4E474A #4D4E47 #474E4C

square

#48474E #4E474A #4D4E47 #474E4C

split-complementary

#48474E #4E4C47 #4A4E47

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2A2A2E #48474E #66646E #84828D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#48474E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#48474E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48474E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48474E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48474E	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46484E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46484E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48474e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 71, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.012 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7a7f',
    500: '#48474e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48474e;
$custom-light: #7b7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48474e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 4.698,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40145,
    "c": 0.01167,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48474E

secondary

#7B7C74

accent

#AE7AA6

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48474E

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

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