#73849C#73849C

#73849C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.042 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73849C
RGB	rgb(115, 132, 156)
HSL	hsl(215, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 15.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -0.52, -14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 14.86, 267.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0094 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.042 257)
XYZ	xyz(21.3206, 22.5470, 34.6747)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73849C #9C8B73

analogous

#73989C #73849C #76739C

triadic

#73849C #9C7384 #849C73

tetradic

#73849C #9C7398 #9C8B73 #739C76

square

#73849C #9C7398 #9C8B73 #739C76

split-complementary

#73849C #9C7673 #989C73

monochromatic

#3E4857 #57667B #73849C #97A3B5 #BBC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#73849C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#73849C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #73849C

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73849C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73849C	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73849c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 132, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.042 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ca7b9',
    500: '#73849c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73849c;
$custom-light: #9ca7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73849c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 17.155,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60831,
    "c": 0.04168,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.22548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73849C

secondary

#BEB7AD

accent

#9A6EBA

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #73849C

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

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