#4A4E56#4A4E56

#4A4E56 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.014 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E56
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(220, 8%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(220, 14%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 0.26, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 5.26, 272.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% -0.0014 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.014 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2278, 7.5764, 9.8839)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E56 #56524A

analogous

#4A5456 #4A4E56 #4C4A56

triadic

#4A4E56 #564A4E #4E564A

tetradic

#4A4E56 #564A54 #56524A #4A564C

square

#4A4E56 #564A54 #56524A #4A564C

split-complementary

#4A4E56 #564C4A #54564A

monochromatic

#111214 #2E3035 #4A4E56 #666C77 #858A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#4A4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4A4E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E56

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E56	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.014 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7f85',
    500: '#4a4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e56;
$custom-light: #7c7f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 7.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42321,
    "c": 0.01424,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E56

secondary

#858077

accent

#9D77B1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E56

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

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