#494D69#494D69

#494D69 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.047 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D69
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 105)
HSL	hsl(233, 18%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(233, 30%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 5.55, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 17.64, 288.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.0064 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.047 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9506, 7.7439, 14.4377)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D69 #696549

analogous

#495D69 #494D69 #554969

triadic

#494D69 #69494D #4D6949

tetradic

#494D69 #69495D #696549 #496955

square

#494D69 #69495D #696549 #496955

split-complementary

#494D69 #695549 #5D6949

monochromatic

#171821 #303345 #494D69 #62678D #8388A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#494D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#494D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D69

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D69	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45506A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#415257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.047 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7e94',
    500: '#494d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d69;
$custom-light: #7c7e94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 17.978,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42827,
    "c": 0.04668,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D69

secondary

#969278

accent

#B16DBB

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF1

border

#C9C9CB

text

#090A0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D69

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

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