#49699B#49699B

#49699B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.088 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49699B
RGB	rgb(73, 105, 155)
HSL	hsl(217, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(217, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 32.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 3.33, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 30.91, 276.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% -0.0167 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.088 259)
XYZ	xyz(13.7136, 13.8852, 32.9614)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49699B #9B7B49

analogous

#49929B #49699B #52499B

triadic

#49699B #9B4969 #699B49

tetradic

#49699B #9B4992 #9B7B49 #499B52

square

#49699B #9B4992 #9B7B49 #499B52

split-complementary

#49699B #9B5249 #929B49

monochromatic

#223148 #354D71 #49699B #6988B8 #93A9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#49699B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#49699B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49699B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49699B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49699B	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C659A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49699b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 105, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.088 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8193b8',
    500: '#49699b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49699b;
$custom-light: #8193b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49699b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.585,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51865,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.13886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49699B

secondary

#B8A588

accent

#A05CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49699B

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

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