#4A4440#4A4440

#4A4440 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.011 H 56.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4440
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 7%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(24, 14%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 13.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 1.72, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 3.75, 62.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0059 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.011 56)
XYZ	xyz(5.8165, 5.9604, 5.6935)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4440 #40464A

analogous

#4A4041 #4A4440 #4A4940

triadic

#4A4440 #404A44 #44404A

tetradic

#4A4440 #414A40 #40464A #49404A

square

#4A4440 #414A40 #40464A #49404A

split-complementary

#4A4440 #404A49 #40414A

monochromatic

#100F0E #292624 #4A4440 #6B625C #8B8079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4A4440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4A4440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4440

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4440	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.011 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7774',
    500: '#4a4440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4440;
$custom-light: #7c7774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39128,
    "c": 0.01056,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.0596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4440

secondary

#6D7479

accent

#9AB077

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#090808

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4440

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

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