#4A4640#4A4640

#4A4640 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.011 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4640
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 7%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(36, 14%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 13.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, 0.45, 4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 4.24, 83.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.0023 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.011 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9395, 6.2064, 5.7346)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4640 #40444A

analogous

#4A4140 #4A4640 #494A40

triadic

#4A4640 #404A46 #46404A

tetradic

#4A4640 #404A41 #40444A #4A4049

square

#4A4640 #404A41 #40444A #4A4049

split-complementary

#4A4640 #40494A #41404A

monochromatic

#10100E #292724 #4A4640 #6B655C #8B8479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4A4640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4A4640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4640

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4640	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.011 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7974',
    500: '#4a4640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4640;
$custom-light: #7c7974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39611,
    "c": 0.01126,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4640

secondary

#6D7279

accent

#8EB077

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#090908

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4640

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

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