#493A4E#493A4E

#493A4E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.039 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#493A4E
RGB	rgb(73, 58, 78)
HSL	hsl(285, 15%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(285, 26%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 10.86, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 14.55, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0287 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.039 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6357, 4.9927, 7.8731)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#493A4E #3F4E3A

analogous

#3F3A4E #493A4E #4E3A49

triadic

#493A4E #4E493A #3A4E49

tetradic

#493A4E #4E3F3A #3F4E3A #3A494E

square

#493A4E #4E3F3A #3F4E3A #3A494E

split-complementary

#493A4E #494E3A #3A4E3F

monochromatic

#100D12 #28202B #493A4E #6A5471 #8A6F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#493A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#493A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #493A4E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##493A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##493A4E	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B404D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #493a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 58, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.039 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c707f',
    500: '#493a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #493a4e;
$custom-light: #7c707f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#493a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37244,
    "c": 0.03885,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#493A4E

secondary

#6C7E66

accent

#B77082

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#09070A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #493A4E

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

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