#484B56#484B56

#484B56 is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.019 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#484B56
RGB	rgb(72, 75, 86)
HSL	hsl(227, 9%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(227, 16%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 1.39, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 7.05, 281.41°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.0011 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.019 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8679, 7.0817, 9.8074)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#484B56 #565348

analogous

#485256 #484B56 #4C4856

triadic

#484B56 #56484B #4B5648

tetradic

#484B56 #564852 #565348 #48564C

square

#484B56 #564852 #565348 #48564C

split-complementary

#484B56 #564C48 #525648

monochromatic

#101113 #2C2E35 #484B56 #646877 #828696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#484B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#484B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #484B56

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##484B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##484B56	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #484b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 75, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.019 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7d85',
    500: '#484b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #484b56;
$custom-light: #7b7d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#484b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 8.861,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41421,
    "c": 0.01872,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#484B56

secondary

#858175

accent

#A576B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #484B56

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

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