#484E50#484E50

#484E50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.008 H 219.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#484E50
RGB	rgb(72, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(195, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(195, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 2.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, -1.95, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 2.80, 225.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% -0.0065 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.008 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8445, 7.4056, 8.6567)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#484E50 #504A48

analogous

#48504E #484E50 #484A50

triadic

#484E50 #50484E #4E5048

tetradic

#484E50 #4E4850 #504A48 #4A5048

square

#484E50 #4E4850 #504A48 #4A5048

split-complementary

#484E50 #50484A #504E48

monochromatic

#0E1010 #2B2F30 #484E50 #656D70 #838C8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#484E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#484E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #484E50

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##484E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##484E50	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #484e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.008 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7f81',
    500: '#484e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #484e50;
$custom-light: #7b7f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#484e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41919,
    "c": 0.00847,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#484E50

secondary

#7E7875

accent

#8779AE

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #484E50

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

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