#424A5E#424A5E

#424A5E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.035 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#424A5E
RGB	rgb(66, 74, 94)
HSL	hsl(223, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(223, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 1.98, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 12.96, 278.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% -0.0013 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.035 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7154, 6.8638, 11.5585)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#424A5E #5E5642

analogous

#42585E #424A5E #48425E

triadic

#424A5E #5E424A #4A5E42

tetradic

#424A5E #5E4258 #5E5642 #425E48

square

#424A5E #5E4258 #5E5642 #425E48

split-complementary

#424A5E #5E4842 #585E42

monochromatic

#101116 #292E3A #424A5E #5B6682 #7985A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#424A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#424A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #424A5E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##424A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##424A5E	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41495E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #424a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 74, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.035 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777c8b',
    500: '#424a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #424a5e;
$custom-light: #777c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#424a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41009,
    "c": 0.03524,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#424A5E

secondary

#8D856E

accent

#A46EBA

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEF0

border

#C8C9CB

text

#08090C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #424A5E

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

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