#494B4E#494B4E

#494B4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.006 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494B4E
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 78)
HSL	hsl(216, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(216, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, -0.14, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 2.07, 266.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% -0.0011 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.006 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6386, 6.9986, 8.2074)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494B4E #4E4C49

analogous

#494E4E #494B4E #4A494E

triadic

#494B4E #4E494B #4B4E49

tetradic

#494B4E #4E494E #4E4C49 #494E4A

square

#494B4E #4E494E #4E4C49 #494E4A

split-complementary

#494B4E #4E4A49 #4E4E49

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2B2D2E #494B4E #67696E #85888D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#494B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#494B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494B4E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494B4E	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.006 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7d7f',
    500: '#494b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494b4e;
$custom-light: #7b7d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41204,
    "c": 0.00564,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494B4E

secondary

#7C7A77

accent

#997BAD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #494B4E

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

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