#4A505E#4A505E

#4A505E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.024 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A505E
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(222, 12%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(222, 21%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, 1.01, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 9.03, 276.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% -0.0013 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.024 267)
XYZ	xyz(7.7126, 8.0012, 11.7255)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A505E #5E584A

analogous

#4A5A5E #4A505E #4E4A5E

triadic

#4A505E #5E4A50 #505E4A

tetradic

#4A505E #5E4A5A #5E584A #4A5E4E

square

#4A505E #5E4A5A #5E584A #4A5E4E

split-complementary

#4A505E #5E4E4A #5A5E4A

monochromatic

#14161A #2F333C #4A505E #656D80 #848C9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#4A505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4A505E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A505E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A505E	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C515F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#455355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.024 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c818b',
    500: '#4a505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a505e;
$custom-light: #7c818b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 11.905,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43123,
    "c": 0.02443,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.08001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A505E

secondary

#8C8677

accent

#A173B5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#090A0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A505E

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

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