#494B60#494B60

#494B60 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.035 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494B60
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 96)
HSL	hsl(235, 14%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(235, 24%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 21.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 4.36, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 13.28, 289.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.0064 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.035 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3745, 7.2930, 12.0832)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494B60 #605E49

analogous

#495660 #494B60 #524960

triadic

#494B60 #60494B #4B6049

tetradic

#494B60 #604956 #605E49 #496052

square

#494B60 #604956 #605E49 #496052

split-complementary

#494B60 #605249 #566049

monochromatic

#14151A #2F303D #494B60 #636683 #8385A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#494B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#494B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494B60

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494B60	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.035 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7d8d',
    500: '#494b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494b60;
$custom-light: #7c7d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 13.609,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4194,
    "c": 0.03496,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494B60

secondary

#8E8C77

accent

#B071B6

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#09090C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #494B60

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →