#494A63#494A63

#494A63 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.042 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A63
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 99)
HSL	hsl(238, 15%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(238, 26%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 5.81, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 15.83, 291.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.0091 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.042 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4480, 7.2147, 12.8021)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A63 #636249

analogous

#495763 #494A63 #554963

triadic

#494A63 #63494A #4A6349

tetradic

#494A63 #634957 #636249 #496355

square

#494A63 #634957 #636249 #496355

split-complementary

#494A63 #635549 #576349

monochromatic

#15151D #2F3040 #494A63 #636486 #8384A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#494A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#494A63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A63

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A63	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434D64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424B62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.042 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7c8f',
    500: '#494a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a63;
$custom-light: #7c7c8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41846,
    "c": 0.0415,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A63

secondary

#919077

accent

#B570B8

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#09090C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A63

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

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