#48524A#48524A

#48524A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.018 H 151.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48524A
RGB	rgb(72, 82, 74)
HSL	hsl(132, 6%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(132, 12%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 9.8%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, -5.76, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 6.67, 149.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% -0.016 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.018 151.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9255, 7.9066, 7.6385)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48524A #524850

analogous

#4B5248 #48524A #48524F

triadic

#48524A #4A4852 #524A48

tetradic

#48524A #484B52 #524850 #524F48

square

#48524A #484B52 #524850 #524F48

split-complementary

#48524A #4F4852 #52484B

monochromatic

#0F110F #2B312D #48524A #657367 #839286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#48524A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#48524A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48524A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48524A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48524A	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52504A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48524a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 82, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.018 151.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b827c',
    500: '#48524a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48524a;
$custom-light: #7b827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48524a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 6.494,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42709,
    "c": 0.01822,
    "h": 151.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48524A

secondary

#80757E

accent

#78A5B0

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#090A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48524A

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

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