#494657#494657

#494657 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.028 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494657
RGB	rgb(73, 70, 87)
HSL	hsl(251, 11%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(251, 20%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 5.23, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 10.96, 298.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0112 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.028 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6577, 6.4849, 9.9159)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494657 #545746

analogous

#464B57 #494657 #514657

triadic

#494657 #574946 #465749

tetradic

#494657 #57464B #545746 #465751

square

#494657 #57464B #545746 #465751

split-complementary

#494657 #575146 #4B5746

monochromatic

#100F13 #2D2B35 #494657 #656179 #847F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#494657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#494657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494657

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494657	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46494C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 70, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.028 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7986',
    500: '#494657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494657;
$custom-light: #7c7986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 10.828,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40373,
    "c": 0.02847,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494657

secondary

#838673

accent

#B474A9

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDEF

border

#C9C8CA

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #494657

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

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