#494D64#494D64

#494D64 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.039 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D64
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 100)
HSL	hsl(231, 16%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(231, 27%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 23%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 4.16, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 14.52, 286.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.0047 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.039 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7012, 7.6441, 13.1238)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D64 #646049

analogous

#495B64 #494D64 #534964

triadic

#494D64 #64494D #4D6449

tetradic

#494D64 #64495B #646049 #496453

square

#494D64 #64495B #646049 #496453

split-complementary

#494D64 #645349 #5B6449

monochromatic

#15171D #2F3241 #494D64 #636887 #8388A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#494D64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#494D64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D64

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D64	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474F65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454D63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#425155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.039 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7e90',
    500: '#494d64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d64;
$custom-light: #7c7e90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.111,
    "s": 15.607,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4259,
    "c": 0.03851,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D64

secondary

#928E77

accent

#AE6FB8

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#090A0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D64

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

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