#494A8D#494A8D

#494A8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.108 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A8D
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 141)
HSL	hsl(239, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(239, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 47.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.47, 18.52, -37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.47, 41.79, 296.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.0195 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.108 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0027, 8.2366, 26.2569)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A8D #8D8C49

analogous

#496C8D #494A8D #6A498D

triadic

#494A8D #8D494A #4A8D49

tetradic

#494A8D #8D496C #8D8C49 #498D6A

square

#494A8D #8D496C #8D8C49 #498D6A

split-complementary

#494A8D #8D6A49 #6C8D49

monochromatic

#1F203C #343565 #494A8D #6465AF #8D8DC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#494A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#494A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A8D

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A8D	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E548F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.108 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807caf',
    500: '#494a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a8d;
$custom-light: #807caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.118,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4423,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A8D

secondary

#B0AF82

accent

#C660C8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A8D

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

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