#49486B#49486B

#49486B is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.058 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49486B
RGB	rgb(73, 72, 107)
HSL	hsl(242, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(242, 33%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 9.36, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 22.20, 294.92°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.0149 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.058 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7182, 7.1125, 14.8733)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49486B #6A6B48

analogous

#48596B #49486B #5A486B

triadic

#49486B #6B4948 #486B49

tetradic

#49486B #6B4859 #6A6B48 #486B5A

square

#49486B #6B4859 #6A6B48 #486B5A

split-complementary

#49486B #6B5A48 #596B48

monochromatic

#171722 #302F46 #49486B #626190 #8382AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#49486B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#49486B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49486B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49486B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49486B	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E4C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49486b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 72, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.058 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7a95',
    500: '#49486b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49486b;
$custom-light: #7d7a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49486b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 19.553,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41787,
    "c": 0.05788,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49486B

secondary

#979877

accent

#BC6CBA

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF1

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09090D

muted

#7B7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49486B

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

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