#49496B#49496B

#49496B is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.056 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49496B
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 107)
HSL	hsl(240, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(240, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 31.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 8.71, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 21.52, 293.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0133 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.056 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7833, 7.2429, 14.8950)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49496B #6B6B49

analogous

#495A6B #49496B #5A496B

triadic

#49496B #6B4949 #496B49

tetradic

#49496B #6B495A #6B6B49 #496B5A

square

#49496B #6B495A #6B6B49 #496B5A

split-complementary

#49496B #6B5A49 #5A6B49

monochromatic

#171722 #303047 #49496B #62628F #8484AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#49496B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#49496B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49496B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49496B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49496B	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E4B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49496b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.056 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7b95',
    500: '#49496b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49496b;
$custom-light: #7d7b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49496b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42012,
    "c": 0.05623,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49496B

secondary

#989878

accent

#BC6CBC

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF1

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09090D

muted

#7B7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #49496B

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

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