#494D4E#494D4E

#494D4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.005 H 214.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D4E
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 78)
HSL	hsl(192, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(192, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, -1.39, -1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 1.81, 219.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% -0.0045 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.005 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7764, 7.2742, 8.2533)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D4E #4E4A49

analogous

#494E4D #494D4E #494B4E

triadic

#494D4E #4E494D #4D4E49

tetradic

#494D4E #4D494E #4E4A49 #4B4E49

square

#494D4E #4D494E #4E4A49 #4B4E49

split-complementary

#494D4E #4E494B #4E4D49

monochromatic

#0F1010 #2B2E2E #494D4E #676C6E #858B8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#494D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#494D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D4E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D4E	1.00	8.55	2.45	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.005 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7e7f',
    500: '#494d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d4e;
$custom-light: #7b7e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41691,
    "c": 0.00549,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D4E

secondary

#7C7877

accent

#857BAD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D4E

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

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