#494F71#494F71

#494F71 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.057 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494F71
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 113)
HSL	hsl(231, 22%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(231, 35%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.40, 6.57, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.40, 21.32, 287.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.006 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.057 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5234, 8.2004, 16.7533)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494F71 #716B49

analogous

#496371 #494F71 #574971

triadic

#494F71 #71494F #4F7149

tetradic

#494F71 #714963 #716B49 #497157

square

#494F71 #714963 #716B49 #497157

split-complementary

#494F71 #715749 #637149

monochromatic

#191B27 #31354C #494F71 #616996 #858BB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#494F71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#494F71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494F71

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494F71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494F71	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494f71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.057 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d809a',
    500: '#494f71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494f71;
$custom-light: #7d809a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494f71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 21.505,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43685,
    "c": 0.05667,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494F71

secondary

#9C9779

accent

#B16ABE

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #494F71

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

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