#4A404A#4A404A

#4A404A is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.021 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A404A
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 74)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 6.41, -4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 7.82, 325.11°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0177 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.021 326)
XYZ	xyz(5.8933, 5.6171, 7.2510)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A404A #404A40

analogous

#45404A #4A404A #4A4045

triadic

#4A404A #4A4A40 #404A4A

tetradic

#4A404A #4A4540 #404A40 #40454A

square

#4A404A #4A4540 #404A40 #40454A

split-complementary

#4A404A #454A40 #404A45

monochromatic

#100E10 #292429 #4A404A #6B5C6B #8B798B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4A404A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A404A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A404A

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A404A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A404A	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F424A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42434A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a404a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.021 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c747c',
    500: '#4a404a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a404a;
$custom-light: #7c747c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a404a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38542,
    "c": 0.02129,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.05617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A404A

secondary

#6D796D

accent

#B07777

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#090809

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A404A

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

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