#4A4E53#4A4E53

#4A4E53 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.010 H 253.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E53
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(213, 6%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(213, 11%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 6%, 0%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, -0.46, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 3.53, 262.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% -0.0027 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.01 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1094, 7.5291, 9.2606)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E53 #534F4A

analogous

#4A5253 #4A4E53 #4A4A53

triadic

#4A4E53 #534A4E #4E534A

tetradic

#4A4E53 #534A52 #534F4A #4A534A

square

#4A4E53 #534A52 #534F4A #4A534A

split-complementary

#4A4E53 #534A4A #52534A

monochromatic

#101112 #2D3033 #4A4E53 #676C73 #858B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#4A4E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4A4E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E53

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E53	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.010 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7f83',
    500: '#4a4e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e53;
$custom-light: #7c7f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 5.732,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42206,
    "c": 0.00979,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E53

secondary

#817D77

accent

#9779AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E53

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

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