#494A8A#494A8A

#494A8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.104 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A8A
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 138)
HSL	hsl(239, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(239, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 46.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.29, 17.55, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.29, 39.98, 296.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% 0.019 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.104 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7825, 8.1485, 25.0972)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A8A #8A8949

analogous

#496B8A #494A8A #69498A

triadic

#494A8A #8A494A #4A8A49

tetradic

#494A8A #8A496B #8A8949 #498A69

square

#494A8A #8A496B #8A8949 #498A69

split-complementary

#494A8A #8A6949 #6B8A49

monochromatic

#1F1F3A #343562 #494A8A #6365AD #8B8CC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#494A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#494A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A8A

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A8A	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31538C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.104 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807cac',
    500: '#494a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a8a;
$custom-light: #807cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.077,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44035,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A8A

secondary

#AEAD81

accent

#C561C7

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A8A

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

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