#48544F#48544F

#48544F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.017 H 168.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48544F
RGB	rgb(72, 84, 79)
HSL	hsl(155, 8%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(155, 14%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.56, -5.87, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.56, 6.01, 167.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% -0.0169 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.017 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2538, 8.2827, 8.6122)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48544F #54484D

analogous

#485449 #48544F #485354

triadic

#48544F #4F4854 #544F48

tetradic

#48544F #494854 #54484D #535448

square

#48544F #494854 #54484D #535448

split-complementary

#48544F #544853 #544948

monochromatic

#101211 #2C3330 #48544F #64756E #82948D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#48544F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#48544F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48544F

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48544F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48544F	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53524F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51514F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#465452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48544f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 84, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.017 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8480',
    500: '#48544f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48544f;
$custom-light: #7b8480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48544f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43373,
    "c": 0.01721,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48544F

secondary

#83757B

accent

#778FB1

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EDEFEE

border

#C8CAC9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48544F

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

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