#484E60#484E60

#484E60 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.031 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#484E60
RGB	rgb(72, 78, 96)
HSL	hsl(225, 14%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(225, 25%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 18.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 2.08, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 11.50, 280.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.0003 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.031 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5076, 7.6708, 12.1491)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#484E60 #605A48

analogous

#485A60 #484E60 #4E4860

triadic

#484E60 #60484E #4E6048

tetradic

#484E60 #60485A #605A48 #48604E

square

#484E60 #60485A #605A48 #48604E

split-complementary

#484E60 #604E48 #5A6048

monochromatic

#14151A #2E323D #484E60 #626A83 #8289A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#484E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#484E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #484E60

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##484E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##484E60	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474D60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#425154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #484e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 78, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.031 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7f8d',
    500: '#484e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #484e60;
$custom-light: #7b7f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#484e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42561,
    "c": 0.03092,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#484E60

secondary

#8E8875

accent

#A571B7

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#090A0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #484E60

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

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