#4A4A42#4A4A42

#4A4A42 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.013 H 107.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4A42
RGB	rgb(74, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, -1.67, 4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 5.07, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% -0.0038 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.013 107)
XYZ	xyz(6.2561, 6.7468, 6.1259)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4A42 #42424A

analogous

#4A4642 #4A4A42 #464A42

triadic

#4A4A42 #424A4A #4A424A

tetradic

#4A4A42 #424A46 #42424A #4A4246

square

#4A4A42 #424A46 #42424A #4A4246

split-complementary

#4A4A42 #42464A #46424A

monochromatic

#10100E #2A2A25 #4A4A42 #6A6A5F #8A8A7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4A4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4A4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4A42

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4A42	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.013 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7c76',
    500: '#4a4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4a42;
$custom-light: #7c7c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4065,
    "c": 0.01303,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.06747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4A42

secondary

#6F6F79

accent

#79AF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#090908

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4A42

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

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