#494A4E#494A4E

#494A4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.007 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A4E
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 78)
HSL	hsl(228, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(228, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 0.49, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 2.57, 281.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0006 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.007 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5713, 6.8641, 8.1849)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A4E #4E4D49

analogous

#494D4E #494A4E #4B494E

triadic

#494A4E #4E494A #4A4E49

tetradic

#494A4E #4E494D #4E4D49 #494E4B

square

#494A4E #4E494D #4E4D49 #494E4B

split-complementary

#494A4E #4E4B49 #4D4E49

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2B2C2E #494A4E #67686E #85868D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#494A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#494A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A4E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A4E	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.007 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7c7f',
    500: '#494a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a4e;
$custom-light: #7b7c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40962,
    "c": 0.00675,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A4E

secondary

#7C7B77

accent

#A37BAD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A4E

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

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