#4A4E57#4A4E57

#4A4E57 is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.016 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E57
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 87)
HSL	hsl(222, 8%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(222, 15%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 0.51, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 5.86, 274.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% -0.0009 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.016 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2683, 7.5926, 10.0976)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E57 #57534A

analogous

#4A5557 #4A4E57 #4D4A57

triadic

#4A4E57 #574A4E #4E574A

tetradic

#4A4E57 #574A55 #57534A #4A574D

square

#4A4E57 #574A55 #57534A #4A574D

split-complementary

#4A4E57 #574D4A #55574A

monochromatic

#121315 #2E3036 #4A4E57 #666C78 #858A97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4A4E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4A4E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E57

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E57	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.016 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7f86',
    500: '#4a4e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e57;
$custom-light: #7c7f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 8.075,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4236,
    "c": 0.01579,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E57

secondary

#868177

accent

#9F77B1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E57

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

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