#49404E#49404E

#49404E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.026 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49404E
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(279, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 6.93, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 9.87, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.018 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.026 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9560, 5.6334, 7.9798)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49404E #454E40

analogous

#42404E #49404E #4E404C

triadic

#49404E #4E4940 #404E49

tetradic

#49404E #4E4240 #454E40 #404C4E

square

#49404E #4E4240 #454E40 #404C4E

split-complementary

#49404E #4C4E40 #404E42

monochromatic

#100E11 #2A242C #49404E #685C70 #887890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#49404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#49404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49404E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49404E	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E434F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40434E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.026 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b747f',
    500: '#49404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49404e;
$custom-light: #7b747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38599,
    "c": 0.02611,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49404E

secondary

#737D6D

accent

#B3758B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #49404E

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

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