#49495C#49495C

#49495C is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.032 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49495C
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(240, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 4.58, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 12.07, 292.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% 0.0081 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.032 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0615, 6.9542, 11.0934)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49495C #5C5C49

analogous

#49535C #49495C #53495C

triadic

#49495C #5C4949 #495C49

tetradic

#49495C #5C4953 #5C5C49 #495C53

square

#49495C #5C4953 #5C5C49 #495C53

split-complementary

#49495C #5C5349 #535C49

monochromatic

#131318 #2E2E3A #49495C #64647E #83839D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#49495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#49495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49495C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49495C	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.032 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7b8a',
    500: '#49495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49495c;
$custom-light: #7c7b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41292,
    "c": 0.03155,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49495C

secondary

#8B8B76

accent

#B473B4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #49495C

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

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