#494F73#494F73

#494F73 is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.060 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494F73
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 115)
HSL	hsl(231, 22%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(231, 37%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 31.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.49, 7.16, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.49, 22.55, 288.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% 0.0066 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.06 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6373, 8.2459, 17.3529)
Luminance	0.0825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494F73 #736D49

analogous

#496473 #494F73 #584973

triadic

#494F73 #73494F #4F7349

tetradic

#494F73 #734964 #736D49 #497358

square

#494F73 #734964 #736D49 #497358

split-complementary

#494F73 #735849 #647349

monochromatic

#191C28 #31354E #494F73 #616998 #858BB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#494F73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#494F73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494F73

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494F73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494F73	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494f73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.060 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d809b',
    500: '#494f73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494f73;
$custom-light: #7d809b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494f73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 22.34,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43788,
    "c": 0.05989,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494F73

secondary

#9E997A

accent

#B369BF

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #494F73

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

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