#494AB7#494AB7

#494AB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.168 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#494AB7
RGBrgb(73, 74, 183)
HSLhsl(239, 43%, 50%)
HSVhsv(239, 60%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(60.1%, 59.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(37.36, 32.43, -58.02)
CIE-LCHlch(37.36, 66.47, 299.21°)
OKLaboklab(47.31% 0.0217 -0.1667)
OKLCHoklch(47.31% 0.168 277.4)
XYZxyz(13.7409, 9.7319, 45.9449)
Luminance0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#494AB7 #B7B649
analogous
#4981B7 #494AB7 #7F49B7
triadic
#494AB7 #B7494A #4AB749
tetradic
#494AB7 #B74981 #B7B649 #49B77F
square
#494AB7 #B74981 #B7B649 #49B77F
split-complementary
#494AB7 #B77F49 #81B749
monochromatic
#262660 #37388C #494AB7 #7576C8 #A1A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13
#494AB7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95
#494AB7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AB7
7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##494AB7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##494AB71.007.132.957.13
#FFFFFF7.131.0021.001.00
#0000002.9521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.131.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005DBB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0053B5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006479
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #494ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.168 277.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#877ccd',
    500: '#494ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #494ab7;
$custom-light: #877ccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#494ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.455,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47309,
    "c": 0.16814,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#494AB7
secondary
#C6C695
accent
#D255D3
background
#F8F7FC
surface
#F0EEF9
border
#CBC9D2
text
#0C0914
muted
#7D7B82

Preview Lab

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#494AB7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva