#484E59#484E59

#484E59 is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.020 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#484E59
RGB	rgb(72, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(219, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(219, 19%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 0.25, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 7.28, 272.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% -0.0025 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.02 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1996, 7.5476, 10.5268)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#484E59 #595348

analogous

#485759 #484E59 #4B4859

triadic

#484E59 #59484E #4E5948

tetradic

#484E59 #594857 #595348 #48594B

square

#484E59 #594857 #595348 #48594B

split-complementary

#484E59 #594B48 #575948

monochromatic

#111315 #2D3037 #484E59 #636C7B #828A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#484E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#484E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #484E59

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##484E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##484E59	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#445052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #484e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.020 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7f87',
    500: '#484e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #484e59;
$custom-light: #7b7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#484e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 10.559,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42265,
    "c": 0.01987,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#484E59

secondary

#888175

accent

#9D74B3

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #484E59

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

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