#4A504E#4A504E

#4A504E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.008 H 174.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A504E
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(160, 4%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(160, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, -2.86, 0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 2.88, 173.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% -0.0083 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.008 174)
XYZ	xyz(7.0676, 7.7432, 8.3285)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A504E #504A4C

analogous

#4A504B #4A504E #4A4F50

triadic

#4A504E #4E4A50 #504E4A

tetradic

#4A504E #4B4A50 #504A4C #4F504A

square

#4A504E #4B4A50 #504A4C #4F504A

split-complementary

#4A504E #504A4F #504B4A

monochromatic

#0F1010 #2D302F #4A504E #67706D #868F8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#4A504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4A504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A504E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A504E	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.008 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c817f',
    500: '#4a504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a504e;
$custom-light: #7c817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 3.896,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42516,
    "c": 0.00839,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.07743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A504E

secondary

#7E787A

accent

#7B8CAD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A504E

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

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