#74747E#74747E

#74747E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.015 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74747E
RGB	rgb(116, 116, 126)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 2.10, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 5.87, 290.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.0042 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.015 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2130, 17.7101, 22.2462)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74747E #7E7E74

analogous

#74797E #74747E #79747E

triadic

#74747E #7E7474 #747E74

tetradic

#74747E #7E7479 #7E7E74 #747E79

square

#74747E #7E7479 #7E7E74 #747E79

split-complementary

#74747E #7E7974 #797E74

monochromatic

#39393E #57575E #74747E #93939C #B3B3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#74747E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#74747E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74747E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74747E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74747E	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72757E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72747E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74747e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 116, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.015 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c9ca3',
    500: '#74747e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74747e;
$custom-light: #9c9ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74747e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.132,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56234,
    "c": 0.01527,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74747E

secondary

#A9A9A4

accent

#AD7AAD

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74747E

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

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