#49597E#49597E

#49597E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.064 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49597E
RGB	rgb(73, 89, 126)
HSL	hsl(222, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(222, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 29.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.96, 4.11, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.96, 23.15, 280.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.65% -0.0044 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(46.65% 0.064 266)
XYZ	xyz(10.0848, 10.0671, 21.1464)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49597E #7E6E49

analogous

#49747E #49597E #54497E

triadic

#49597E #7E4959 #597E49

tetradic

#49597E #7E4974 #7E6E49 #497E54

square

#49597E #7E4974 #7E6E49 #497E54

split-complementary

#49597E #7E5449 #747E49

monochromatic

#1C2231 #333E57 #49597E #6175A3 #8897BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#49597E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#49597E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49597E

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49597E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49597E	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47577D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#376166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49597e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 89, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.064 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e87a3',
    500: '#49597e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49597e;
$custom-light: #7e87a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49597e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.887,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46653,
    "c": 0.06369,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.10068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49597E

secondary

#A6997D

accent

#A765C3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EEEFF4

border

#C9CACE

text

#0A0B0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #49597E

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

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