#48524C#48524C

#48524C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.016 H 159.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48524C
RGB	rgb(72, 82, 76)
HSL	hsl(144, 6%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(144, 12%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 7.3%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, -5.33, 2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 5.75, 157.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% -0.015 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.016 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9940, 7.9340, 7.9990)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48524C #52484E

analogous

#495248 #48524C #485251

triadic

#48524C #4C4852 #524C48

tetradic

#48524C #484952 #52484E #525148

square

#48524C #484952 #52484E #525148

split-complementary

#48524C #514852 #524849

monochromatic

#0F1110 #2B312E #48524C #65736A #839289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#48524C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#48524C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48524C

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48524C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48524C	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52504C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#465250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48524c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 82, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.016 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b827e',
    500: '#48524c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48524c;
$custom-light: #7b827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48524c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 6.494,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42773,
    "c": 0.01606,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48524C

secondary

#80757C

accent

#7899B0

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#090A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48524C

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

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