#48504A#48504A

#48504A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.014 H 153.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48504A
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 74)
HSL	hsl(135, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(135, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 7.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, -4.55, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 5.16, 151.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% -0.0127 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.014 153.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7769, 7.6094, 7.5890)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48504A #50484E

analogous

#4A5048 #48504A #48504E

triadic

#48504A #4A4850 #504A48

tetradic

#48504A #484A50 #50484E #504E48

square

#48504A #484A50 #50484E #504E48

split-complementary

#48504A #4E4850 #50484A

monochromatic

#0E100F #2B302C #48504A #657068 #838F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#48504A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#48504A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48504A

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48504A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48504A	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48504a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.014 153.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b817c',
    500: '#48504a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48504a;
$custom-light: #7b817c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48504a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42208,
    "c": 0.01419,
    "h": 153.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48504A

secondary

#7E757C

accent

#79A1AE

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#090A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48504A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →