#494656#494656

#494656 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.027 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494656
RGB	rgb(73, 70, 86)
HSL	hsl(251, 10%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 4.98, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 10.33, 298.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0108 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.027 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6172, 6.4686, 9.7022)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494656 #535646

analogous

#464B56 #494656 #514656

triadic

#494656 #564946 #465649

tetradic

#494656 #56464B #535646 #465651

square

#494656 #56464B #535646 #465651

split-complementary

#494656 #565146 #4B5646

monochromatic

#100F13 #2C2B34 #494656 #666178 #847F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#494656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#494656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494656

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494656	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47484B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 70, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.027 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7985',
    500: '#494656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494656;
$custom-light: #7b7985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40329,
    "c": 0.02682,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494656

secondary

#818573

accent

#B375A7

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #494656

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

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