#49474E#49474E

#49474E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.012 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49474E
RGB	rgb(73, 71, 78)
HSL	hsl(257, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(257, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 2.40, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 4.56, 301.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0057 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.012 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3758, 6.4730, 8.1198)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49474E #4C4E47

analogous

#47494E #49474E #4D474E

triadic

#49474E #4E4947 #474E49

tetradic

#49474E #4E4749 #4C4E47 #474E4D

square

#49474E #4E4749 #4C4E47 #474E4D

split-complementary

#49474E #4E4D47 #494E47

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2B2A2E #49474E #67646E #85828D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#49474E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#49474E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49474E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49474E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49474E	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46484E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46484E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49474e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 71, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.012 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7a7f',
    500: '#49474e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49474e;
$custom-light: #7b7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49474e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 4.698,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40241,
    "c": 0.01186,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49474E

secondary

#7A7C74

accent

#AE7A9F

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #49474E

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

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