#48484B#48484B

#48484B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.005 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48484B
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 75)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 4%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, 0.67, -1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 1.91, 290.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0014 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.005 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2596, 6.5204, 7.5840)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48484B #4B4B48

analogous

#484A4B #48484B #4A484B

triadic

#48484B #4B4848 #484B48

tetradic

#48484B #4B484A #4B4B48 #484B4A

square

#48484B #4B484A #4B4B48 #484B4A

split-complementary

#48484B #4B4A48 #4A4B48

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2A2A2C #48484B #66666A #848489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#48484B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#48484B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48484B

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48484B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48484B	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47484B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47484B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48484b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.005 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a7a7d',
    500: '#48484b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48484b;
$custom-light: #7a7a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48484b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.041,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40274,
    "c": 0.00497,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48484B

secondary

#797976

accent

#AB7DAB

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#090909

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48484B

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

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