#48474F#48474F

#48474F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.013 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48474F
RGB	rgb(72, 71, 79)
HSL	hsl(248, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(248, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 2.24, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 5.13, 295.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0049 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.013 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3367, 6.4487, 8.3065)
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

#48474F #4E4F47

analogous

#474A4F #48474F #4C474F

triadic

#48474F #4F4847 #474F48

tetradic

#48474F #4F474A #4E4F47 #474F4C

square

#48474F #4F474A #4E4F47 #474F4C

split-complementary

#48474F #4F4C47 #4A4F47

monochromatic

#0F0E10 #2B2A2F #48474F #65646F #83828F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#48474F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#48474F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48474F

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48474F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48474F	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)

#45484F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45484F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47484A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48474f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 71, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.013 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7a80',
    500: '#48474f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48474f;
$custom-light: #7b7a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48474f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 5.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40184,
    "c": 0.01333,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48474F

secondary

#7C7D74

accent

#AE79A8

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48474F

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

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