#49484E#49484E

#49484E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.010 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49484E
RGB	rgb(73, 72, 78)
HSL	hsl(250, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(250, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 1.76, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 3.85, 297.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.004 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.01 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4399, 6.6012, 8.1411)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49484E #4D4E48

analogous

#484A4E #49484E #4C484E

triadic

#49484E #4E4948 #484E49

tetradic

#49484E #4E484A #4D4E48 #484E4C

square

#49484E #4E484A #4D4E48 #484E4C

split-complementary

#49484E #4E4C48 #4A4E48

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2B2B2E #49484E #67656E #85838D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#49484E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#49484E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49484E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49484E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49484E	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47494E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47494E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49484e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 72, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.010 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7a7f',
    500: '#49484e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49484e;
$custom-light: #7b7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49484e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4048,
    "c": 0.01,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49484E

secondary

#7B7C76

accent

#AD7BA5

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #49484E

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

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