#494BAE#494BAE

#494BAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.154 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BAE
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 174)
HSL	hsl(239, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(239, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 56.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 28.79, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 60.65, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(46.79% 0.0208 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(46.79% 0.154 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9013, 9.5037, 41.1908)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494BAE #AEAC49

analogous

#497DAE #494BAE #7949AE

triadic

#494BAE #AE494B #4BAE49

tetradic

#494BAE #AE497D #AEAC49 #49AE79

square

#494BAE #AE497D #AEAC49 #49AE79

split-complementary

#494BAE #AE7949 #7DAE49

monochromatic

#252658 #373883 #494BAE #7172C3 #9C9DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#494BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#494BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BAE

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BAE	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#086275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.154 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857dc7',
    500: '#494bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494bae;
$custom-light: #857dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.812,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46786,
    "c": 0.15449,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BAE

secondary

#C2C191

accent

#CE57D1

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0913

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BAE

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

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