#48524E#48524E

#48524E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.014 H 169.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48524E
RGB	rgb(72, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(156, 6%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(156, 12%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 4.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, -4.88, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 4.98, 168.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% -0.0141 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.014 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0646, 7.9622, 8.3709)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48524E #52484C

analogous

#485249 #48524E #485152

triadic

#48524E #4E4852 #524E48

tetradic

#48524E #494852 #52484C #515248

square

#48524E #494852 #52484C #515248

split-complementary

#48524E #524851 #524948

monochromatic

#0F1110 #2B312F #48524E #65736D #83928C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#48524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#48524E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48524E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48524E	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51514E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#465251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.014 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b827f',
    500: '#48524e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48524e;
$custom-light: #7b827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 6.494,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42839,
    "c": 0.0143,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48524E

secondary

#80757A

accent

#788EB0

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48524E

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

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