#504648

Closest named color: Charcoal Grey (#3C4142). oklch(40.5% 0.014 4.1), rgb(80, 70, 72).

White text reads best on this color (9.08:1).

About this color

#504648 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 40%, 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 9.08:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (40%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Charcoal Grey (#3C4142)
Black text	2.31:1
White text	9.08:1

Values

HEX	#504648
RGB	rgb(80, 70, 72)
HSL	hsl(348, 7%, 29%)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.014 4.1)

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 #504648	9.08:1	AAA	Lc -95.3	Preferred for body text
Black text on #504648	2.31:1	Fails	Lc 13.0	Not readable
#504648 text on white	9.08:1	AAA	Lc 90.9	Preferred for body text
#504648 text on black	2.31:1	Fails	Lc -11.4	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

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#EBE9E9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 17.2)
Step 200
200

#DCD8D9

oklch(88.6% 0.005 0)
Step 300
300

#C5BEC0

oklch(80.8% 0.008 357.9)
Step 400
400

#A89D9F

oklch(70.6% 0.013 4.9)
Step 500
500

#938588

oklch(63% 0.017 3)
Step 600
600

#7D6F72

oklch(55.6% 0.018 3.1)
Step 700
700

#6A5D5F

oklch(49.1% 0.017 7.2)
Step 800
800 (this color)

#504648

oklch(40.5% 0.014 4.1)
Step 900
900

#473F41

oklch(37.7% 0.011 0.7)
Step 950
950

#2A2526

oklch(27% 0.008 3.9)

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#504648 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)	#474748	0.015
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#494948	0.014
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#524547	0.004
Achromatopsia (no color)	#484848	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 #504648, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #504648 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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