#4A497B#4A497B

#4A497B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.082 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A497B
RGB	rgb(74, 73, 123)
HSL	hsl(241, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(241, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 40.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 13.77, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 31.48, 295.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0188 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.082 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7807, 7.6507, 19.7491)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A497B #7A7B49

analogous

#49617B #4A497B #63497B

triadic

#4A497B #7B4A49 #497B4A

tetradic

#4A497B #7B4961 #7A7B49 #497B63

square

#4A497B #7B4961 #7A7B49 #497B63

split-complementary

#4A497B #7B6349 #617B49

monochromatic

#1C1B2E #333255 #4A497B #6260A1 #8887B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#4A497B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4A497B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A497B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A497B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A497B	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38507D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#364D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C535C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a497b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 73, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.082 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7ba1',
    500: '#4a497b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a497b;
$custom-light: #7f7ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a497b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.2,
    "s": 25.51,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42982,
    "c": 0.08173,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A497B

secondary

#A3A47C

accent

#C266C0

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#0A090F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A497B

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

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