#4B4850

Closest named color: Charcoal Grey (#3C4142). oklch(40.7% 0.014 302.8), rgb(75, 72, 80).

White text reads best on this color (8.96:1).

About this color

#4B4850 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 Charcoal Grey (#3C4142), ΔE 0.040 away. White text reads best on it, at 8.96:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (41%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Charcoal Grey (#3C4142)
Black text	2.34:1
White text	8.96:1

Values

HEX	#4B4850
RGB	rgb(75, 72, 80)
HSL	hsl(263, 5%, 30%)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.014 302.8)

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 #4B4850	8.96:1	AAA	Lc -95.0	Preferred for body text
Black text on #4B4850	2.34:1	Fails	Lc 13.4	Not readable
#4B4850 text on white	8.96:1	AAA	Lc 90.6	Preferred for body text
#4B4850 text on black	2.34:1	Fails	Lc -11.7	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

#EAE9EB

oklch(93.5% 0.003 308.4)
Step 200
200

#D9D8DB

oklch(88.4% 0.004 301.4)
Step 300
300

#C1BFC5

oklch(80.8% 0.009 301.3)
Step 400
400

#A29FA7

oklch(70.7% 0.012 303)
Step 500
500

#8B8792

oklch(63% 0.017 302.4)
Step 600
600

#75717C

oklch(55.6% 0.017 302.3)
Step 700
700

#625F69

oklch(49.2% 0.016 299.5)
Step 800
800 (this color)

#4B4850

oklch(40.7% 0.014 302.8)
Step 900
900

#434046

oklch(37.7% 0.011 308.1)
Step 950
950

#272629

oklch(27.1% 0.006 301.2)

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#4B4850 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)	#474950	0.007
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#474950	0.007
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#4A494B	0.010
Achromatopsia (no color)	#494949	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 #4B4850, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #4B4850 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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