#49554E#49554E

#49554E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.019 H 160.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49554E
RGB	rgb(73, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(145, 8%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(145, 14%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, -6.30, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 6.78, 158.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% -0.0178 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.019 160)
XYZ	xyz(7.3710, 8.4634, 8.4515)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49554E #554950

analogous

#4A5549 #49554E #495554

triadic

#49554E #4E4955 #554E49

tetradic

#49554E #494A55 #554950 #555449

square

#49554E #494A55 #554950 #555449

split-complementary

#49554E #544955 #55494A

monochromatic

#101312 #2D3430 #49554E #65766C #83958B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#49554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#49554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49554E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49554E	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55534E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52524E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.019 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b847f',
    500: '#49554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49554e;
$custom-light: #7b847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145,
    "s": 7.595,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43673,
    "c": 0.01894,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.08464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49554E

secondary

#84767E

accent

#7799B1

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#090B0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #49554E

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

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