#4A5050#4A5050

#4A5050 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.008 H 196.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A5050
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(180, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, -2.40, -0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 2.54, 199.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% -0.0074 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.008 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1404, 7.7723, 8.7119)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A5050 #504A4A

analogous

#4A504D #4A5050 #4A4D50

triadic

#4A5050 #504A50 #50504A

tetradic

#4A5050 #4D4A50 #504A4A #4D504A

square

#4A5050 #4D4A50 #504A4A #4D504A

split-complementary

#4A5050 #504A4D #504D4A

monochromatic

#0F1010 #2D3030 #4A5050 #677070 #868F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#4A5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4A5050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A5050

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A5050	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#485050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.008 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8181',
    500: '#4a5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a5050;
$custom-light: #7c8181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.896,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42585,
    "c": 0.00774,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A5050

secondary

#7E7878

accent

#7B7BAD

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A5050

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

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