#484A56#484A56

#484A56 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.020 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#484A56
RGB	rgb(72, 74, 86)
HSL	hsl(231, 9%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(231, 16%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 14%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 2.03, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 7.64, 285.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.0028 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.02 278)
XYZ	xyz(6.8006, 6.9471, 9.7849)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#484A56 #565448

analogous

#485156 #484A56 #4D4856

triadic

#484A56 #56484A #4A5648

tetradic

#484A56 #564851 #565448 #48564D

square

#484A56 #564851 #565448 #48564D

split-complementary

#484A56 #564D48 #515648

monochromatic

#101113 #2C2D35 #484A56 #646777 #828596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#484A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#484A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #484A56

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##484A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##484A56	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #484a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 74, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.020 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7c85',
    500: '#484a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #484a56;
$custom-light: #7b7c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#484a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 8.861,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41182,
    "c": 0.02015,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.06947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#484A56

secondary

#858275

accent

#A976B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #484A56

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

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