#494265#494265

#494265 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.059 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494265
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 101)
HSL	hsl(252, 21%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(252, 35%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 34.7%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 11.57, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 22.65, 300.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0226 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.059 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0443, 6.2524, 13.1451)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494265 #5E6542

analogous

#424C65 #494265 #5A4265

triadic

#494265 #654942 #426549

tetradic

#494265 #65424C #5E6542 #42655A

square

#494265 #65424C #5E6542 #42655A

split-complementary

#494265 #655A42 #4C6542

monochromatic

#13121B #2E2A40 #494265 #645A8A #837AA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#494265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#494265 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494265

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494265	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43484F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.059 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7691',
    500: '#494265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494265;
$custom-light: #7c7691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 20.958,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40138,
    "c": 0.05854,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494265

secondary

#8C946F

accent

#BE6AAD

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09080C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #494265

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

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