#4A554E#4A554E

#4A554E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.018 H 157.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A554E
RGB	rgb(74, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(142, 7%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(142, 13%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.01, -5.91, 2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.01, 6.46, 156.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% -0.0166 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.018 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4474, 8.5028, 8.4551)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A554E #554A51

analogous

#4B554A #4A554E #4A5553

triadic

#4A554E #4E4A55 #554E4A

tetradic

#4A554E #4A4B55 #554A51 #55534A

square

#4A554E #4A4B55 #554A51 #55534A

split-complementary

#4A554E #534A55 #554A4B

monochromatic

#111412 #2E3430 #4A554E #66766C #85958B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#4A554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4A554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A554E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A554E	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55534E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53524E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#485553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.018 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c847f',
    500: '#4a554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a554e;
$custom-light: #7c847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.818,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43755,
    "c": 0.01796,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A554E

secondary

#83777F

accent

#789CB0

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#090B0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A554E

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

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