#494C4E#494C4E

#494C4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.005 H 236.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494C4E
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 78)
HSL	hsl(204, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(204, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, -0.77, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 1.78, 244.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.45% -0.0028 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(41.45% 0.005 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7070, 7.1354, 8.2302)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494C4E #4E4B49

analogous

#494E4E #494C4E #494A4E

triadic

#494C4E #4E494C #4C4E49

tetradic

#494C4E #4E494E #4E4B49 #4A4E49

square

#494C4E #4E494E #4E4B49 #4A4E49

split-complementary

#494C4E #4E494A #4E4E49

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #2B2D2E #494C4E #676B6E #85898D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#494C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#494C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C4E

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494C4E	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.005 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7e7f',
    500: '#494c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494c4e;
$custom-light: #7b7e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41447,
    "c": 0.00516,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494C4E

secondary

#7C7977

accent

#8F7BAD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#09090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C4E

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

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