#484A4E#484A4E

#484A4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.007 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#484A4E
RGB	rgb(72, 74, 78)
HSL	hsl(220, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(220, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 0.09, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 2.66, 272.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% -0.0007 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.007 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4961, 6.8253, 8.1814)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#484A4E #4E4C48

analogous

#484D4E #484A4E #49484E

triadic

#484A4E #4E484A #4A4E48

tetradic

#484A4E #4E484D #4E4C48 #484E49

square

#484A4E #4E484D #4E4C48 #484E49

split-complementary

#484A4E #4E4948 #4D4E48

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2B2C2E #484A4E #65686E #83878D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#484A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#484A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #484A4E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##484A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##484A4E	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #484a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 74, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.007 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7c7f',
    500: '#484a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #484a4e;
$custom-light: #7b7c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#484a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40869,
    "c": 0.00715,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#484A4E

secondary

#7C7A76

accent

#9C7BAD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #484A4E

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

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