#48484D#48484D

#48484D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.008 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48484D
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 77)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 1.13, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 3.19, 290.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0023 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.008 286)
XYZ	xyz(6.3292, 6.5482, 7.9502)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48484D #4D4D48

analogous

#484B4D #48484D #4B484D

triadic

#48484D #4D4848 #484D48

tetradic

#48484D #4D484B #4D4D48 #484D4B

square

#48484D #4D484B #4D4D48 #484D4B

split-complementary

#48484D #4D4B48 #4B4D48

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2A2A2D #48484D #66666D #84848C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#48484D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#48484D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48484D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48484D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48484D	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47494D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47484D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48484d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.008 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7a7e',
    500: '#48484d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48484d;
$custom-light: #7b7a7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48484d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.356,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40348,
    "c": 0.00829,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.06548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48484D

secondary

#7B7B76

accent

#AD7BAD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48484D

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

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