#474940

Closest named color: Charcoal Grey (#3C4142). oklch(40.1% 0.015 117.3), rgb(71, 73, 64).

White text reads best on this color (9.15:1).

About this color

#474940 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 40%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Charcoal Grey (#3C4142), ΔE 0.034 away. White text reads best on it, at 9.15:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (40%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Charcoal Grey (#3C4142)
Black text	2.29:1
White text	9.15:1

Values

HEX	#474940
RGB	rgb(71, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(73, 7%, 27%)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.015 117.3)

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 #474940	9.15:1	AAA	Lc -95.5	Preferred for body text
Black text on #474940	2.29:1	Fails	Lc 12.9	Not readable
#474940 text on white	9.15:1	AAA	Lc 91.1	Preferred for body text
#474940 text on black	2.29:1	Fails	Lc -11.2	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 900.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F4

oklch(97% 0.001 106.4)
Step 100
100

#E9EAE8

oklch(93.6% 0.003 128.5)
Step 200
200

#D9DAD5

oklch(88.6% 0.007 115.7)
Step 300
300

#C0C2BA

oklch(81% 0.011 118.1)
Step 400
400

#9FA296

oklch(70.6% 0.017 118.3)
Step 500
500

#888B7C

oklch(63% 0.022 116.2)
Step 600
600

#727565

oklch(55.5% 0.024 115.8)
Step 700
700

#5F6354

oklch(49.2% 0.024 119.4)
Step 800
800

#4E5145

oklch(42.8% 0.02 118.6)
Step 900
900 (this color)

#474940

oklch(40.1% 0.015 117.3)
Step 950
950

#262722

oklch(27% 0.009 116.2)

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#474940 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)	#4A4840	0.006
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#4A4840	0.006
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#484846	0.012
Achromatopsia (no color)	#484848	0.015

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 #474940, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #474940 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.

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