#33499C#33499C

#33499C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.138 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33499C
RGB	rgb(51, 73, 156)
HSL	hsl(227, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(227, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 53.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 19.78, -47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 51.81, 292.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% -0.0027 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.138 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7465, 7.8683, 32.4511)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33499C #9C8633

analogous

#337D9C #33499C #52339C

triadic

#33499C #9C3349 #499C33

tetradic

#33499C #9C337D #9C8633 #339C52

square

#33499C #9C337D #9C8633 #339C52

split-complementary

#33499C #9C5233 #7D9C33

monochromatic

#151E40 #24336E #33499C #4962C3 #778AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#33499C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#33499C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #33499C

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33499C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##33499C	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14549F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33499c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 73, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.138 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777bba',
    500: '#33499c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33499c;
$custom-light: #777bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33499c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.429,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43585,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33499C

secondary

#BBAB70

accent

#BD4EDA

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #33499C

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

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