#494263#494263

#494263 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.055 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494263
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 99)
HSL	hsl(253, 20%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(253, 33%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 33.3%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.95, 11.02, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.95, 21.39, 301.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.022 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.055 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9475, 6.2137, 12.6353)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494263 #5C6342

analogous

#424C63 #494263 #5A4263

triadic

#494263 #634942 #426349

tetradic

#494263 #63424C #5C6342 #42635A

square

#494263 #63424C #5C6342 #42635A

split-complementary

#494263 #635A42 #4C6342

monochromatic

#13111A #2E2A3E #494263 #645A88 #8379A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#494263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#494263 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494263

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494263	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A4764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44484E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.055 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c768f',
    500: '#494263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494263;
$custom-light: #7c768f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40034,
    "c": 0.05533,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494263

secondary

#8B926F

accent

#BD6BAB

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09080C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #494263

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

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