#4A4044#4A4044

#4A4044 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.015 H 351.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4044
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 68)
HSL	hsl(336, 7%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(336, 14%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 8.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 5.11, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 5.18, 350.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.015 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.015 351.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7007, 5.5401, 6.2368)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4044 #404A46

analogous

#4A4049 #4A4044 #4A4140

triadic

#4A4044 #444A40 #40444A

tetradic

#4A4044 #494A40 #404A46 #41404A

square

#4A4044 #494A40 #404A46 #41404A

split-complementary

#4A4044 #404A41 #40494A

monochromatic

#100E0F #292426 #4A4044 #6B5C62 #8B7980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4A4044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4A4044 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4044

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4044	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.015 351.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7477',
    500: '#4a4044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4044;
$custom-light: #7c7477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38316,
    "c": 0.01517,
    "h": 351.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4044

secondary

#6D7974

accent

#B09A77

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#090808

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4044

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

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