#4A4E55#4A4E55

#4A4E55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.013 H 261.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E55
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(218, 7%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(218, 13%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 0.02, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 4.67, 270.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% -0.0018 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.013 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1878, 7.5604, 9.6732)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E55 #55514A

analogous

#4A5355 #4A4E55 #4B4A55

triadic

#4A4E55 #554A4E #4E554A

tetradic

#4A4E55 #554A53 #55514A #4A554B

square

#4A4E55 #554A53 #55514A #4A554B

split-complementary

#4A4E55 #554B4A #53554A

monochromatic

#111214 #2E3034 #4A4E55 #666C76 #858B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#4A4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4A4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E55

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E55	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.013 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7f84',
    500: '#4a4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e55;
$custom-light: #7c7f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42282,
    "c": 0.01271,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E55

secondary

#837F77

accent

#9C78B0

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E55

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

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