#4A4240#4A4240

#4A4240 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.012 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4240
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 7%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(12, 14%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 13.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 3.00, 2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 3.88, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.0095 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.012 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6976, 5.7226, 5.6539)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4240 #40484A

analogous

#4A4043 #4A4240 #4A4740

triadic

#4A4240 #404A42 #42404A

tetradic

#4A4240 #434A40 #40484A #47404A

square

#4A4240 #434A40 #40484A #47404A

split-complementary

#4A4240 #404A47 #40434A

monochromatic

#100F0E #292524 #4A4240 #6B5F5C #8B7D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4A4240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4A4240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4240

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4240	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.012 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7674',
    500: '#4a4240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4240;
$custom-light: #7c7674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3865,
    "c": 0.01152,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4240

secondary

#6D7679

accent

#A5B077

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#090808

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4240

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

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