#48484E#48484E

#48484E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.010 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48484E
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 78)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 1.36, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 3.82, 290.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0027 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.01 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3647, 6.5625, 8.1376)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48484E #4E4E48

analogous

#484B4E #48484E #4B484E

triadic

#48484E #4E4848 #484E48

tetradic

#48484E #4E484B #4E4E48 #484E4B

square

#48484E #4E484B #4E4E48 #484E4B

split-complementary

#48484E #4E4B48 #4B4E48

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2B2B2E #48484E #65656E #83838D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#48484E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#48484E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48484E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48484E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48484E	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47494E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47484E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48484e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.010 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7a7f',
    500: '#48484e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48484e;
$custom-light: #7b7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48484e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40385,
    "c": 0.00995,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48484E

secondary

#7C7C76

accent

#AD7BAD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48484E

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

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