#4A4841#4A4841

#4A4841 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.012 H 93.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4841
RGB	rgb(74, 72, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 6%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(47, 12%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 12.2%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, -0.61, 4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 4.54, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% -0.0008 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.012 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0954, 6.4723, 5.9282)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4841 #41434A

analogous

#4A4441 #4A4841 #484A41

triadic

#4A4841 #414A48 #48414A

tetradic

#4A4841 #414A44 #41434A #4A4148

square

#4A4841 #414A44 #41434A #4A4148

split-complementary

#4A4841 #41484A #44414A

monochromatic

#10100E #292824 #4A4841 #6B685E #8B877B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4A4841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4A4841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4841

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4841	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 72, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.012 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7a75',
    500: '#4a4841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4841;
$custom-light: #7c7a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 6.475,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40129,
    "c": 0.01176,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4841

secondary

#6E7079

accent

#85B078

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#090908

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4841

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

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