#494F4E#494F4E

#494F4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.008 H 184.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494F4E
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 78)
HSL	hsl(170, 4%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(170, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, -2.64, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 2.65, 185.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% -0.0079 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.008 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9185, 7.5584, 8.3007)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494F4E #4F494A

analogous

#494F4B #494F4E #494D4F

triadic

#494F4E #4E494F #4F4E49

tetradic

#494F4E #4B494F #4F494A #4D4F49

square

#494F4E #4B494F #4F494A #4D4F49

split-complementary

#494F4E #4F494D #4F4B49

monochromatic

#0F1010 #2C2F2F #494F4E #666F6D #858E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#494F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#494F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494F4E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494F4E	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.008 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b807f',
    500: '#494f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494f4e;
$custom-light: #7b807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 3.947,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42182,
    "c": 0.00792,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494F4E

secondary

#7D7778

accent

#7B83AD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #494F4E

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

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