#484C5E#484C5E

#484C5E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.030 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#484C5E
RGB	rgb(72, 76, 94)
HSL	hsl(229, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(229, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 2.82, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 11.44, 284.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.0028 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.03 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2768, 7.3546, 11.6237)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#484C5E #5E5A48

analogous

#48575E #484C5E #4F485E

triadic

#484C5E #5E484C #4C5E48

tetradic

#484C5E #5E4857 #5E5A48 #485E4F

square

#484C5E #5E4857 #5E5A48 #485E4F

split-complementary

#484C5E #5E4F48 #575E48

monochromatic

#131419 #2D303B #484C5E #636881 #82879F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#484C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#484C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #484C5E

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##484C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##484C5E	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #484c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 76, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.030 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7e8b',
    500: '#484c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #484c5e;
$custom-light: #7b7e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#484c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41998,
    "c": 0.0304,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#484C5E

secondary

#8D8875

accent

#AA72B6

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#09090C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #484C5E

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

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