#4A5048#4A5048

#4A5048 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.015 H 137.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A5048
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 72)
HSL	hsl(105, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(105, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 10%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, -4.16, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 5.69, 136.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% -0.0112 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.015 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8622, 7.6610, 7.2468)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A5048 #4E4850

analogous

#4E5048 #4A5048 #48504A

triadic

#4A5048 #484A50 #50484A

tetradic

#4A5048 #484E50 #4E4850 #504A48

square

#4A5048 #484E50 #4E4850 #504A48

split-complementary

#4A5048 #4A4850 #50484E

monochromatic

#0F100E #2C302B #4A5048 #687065 #868F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#4A5048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4A5048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A5048

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A5048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A5048	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a5048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.015 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c817b',
    500: '#4a5048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a5048;
$custom-light: #7c817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a5048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42319,
    "c": 0.01511,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A5048

secondary

#7C757E

accent

#79AEA1

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#090A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A5048

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

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