#484A50#484A50

#484A50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.010 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#484A50
RGB	rgb(72, 74, 80)
HSL	hsl(225, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(225, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 7.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 0.56, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 3.88, 278.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% 0.0002 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.01 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5689, 6.8544, 8.5648)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#484A50 #504E48

analogous

#484E50 #484A50 #4A4850

triadic

#484A50 #50484A #4A5048

tetradic

#484A50 #50484E #504E48 #48504A

square

#484A50 #50484E #504E48 #48504A

split-complementary

#484A50 #504A48 #4E5048

monochromatic

#0E0F10 #2B2C30 #484A50 #656870 #83868F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#484A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#484A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #484A50

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##484A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##484A50	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #484a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 74, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.010 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7c81',
    500: '#484a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #484a50;
$custom-light: #7b7c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#484a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40944,
    "c": 0.01032,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#484A50

secondary

#7E7C75

accent

#A179AE

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #484A50

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

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