#495151#495151

#495151 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.010 H 196.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495151
RGB	rgb(73, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, -3.18, -1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 3.37, 198.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% -0.0098 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.01 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1750, 7.8953, 8.9289)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495151 #514949

analogous

#49514D #495151 #494D51

triadic

#495151 #514951 #515149

tetradic

#495151 #4D4951 #514949 #4D5149

square

#495151 #4D4951 #514949 #4D5149

split-complementary

#495151 #51494D #514D49

monochromatic

#0F1111 #2C3131 #495151 #667171 #849090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#495151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#495151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495151

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495151	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.010 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8181',
    500: '#495151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495151;
$custom-light: #7b8181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.195,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42779,
    "c": 0.01026,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495151

secondary

#7F7676

accent

#7979AE

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #495151

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

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