#454B52

Closest named color: Dark Slate Gray (#2F4F4F). oklch(41% 0.014 252.2), rgb(69, 75, 82).

White text reads best on this color (8.81:1).

About this color

#454B52 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 41%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Dark Slate Gray (#2F4F4F), ΔE 0.033 away. White text reads best on it, at 8.81:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (41%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Dark Slate Gray (#2F4F4F)
Black text	2.38:1
White text	8.81:1

Values

HEX	#454B52
RGB	rgb(69, 75, 82)
HSL	hsl(212, 9%, 30%)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.014 252.2)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #454B52	8.81:1	AAA	Lc -94.6	Preferred for body text
Black text on #454B52	2.38:1	Fails	Lc 13.8	Not readable
#454B52 text on white	8.81:1	AAA	Lc 90.2	Preferred for body text
#454B52 text on black	2.38:1	Fails	Lc -12.1	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F6

oklch(97% 0.001 286.4)
Step 100
100

#E9EAEB

oklch(93.7% 0.002 247.8)
Step 200
200

#D7D9DC

oklch(88.5% 0.005 258.3)
Step 300
300

#BDC1C6

oklch(80.9% 0.008 253.9)
Step 400
400

#9BA1A9

oklch(70.7% 0.014 255.5)
Step 500
500

#828A94

oklch(63% 0.018 254)
Step 600
600

#6C747E

oklch(55.6% 0.018 254)
Step 700
700

#5A626A

oklch(49.2% 0.016 248.2)
Step 800
800 (this color)

#454B52

oklch(41% 0.014 252.2)
Step 900
900

#3D4247

oklch(37.6% 0.011 248.1)
Step 950
950

#24272A

oklch(27.1% 0.007 248.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#454B52 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#494B52	0.006
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#474A52	0.004
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#424D4D	0.013
Achromatopsia (no color)	#4A4A4A	0.014

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #454B52, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #454B52 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

Build a color system from this color Generate a palette