#494C7B#494C7B

#494C7B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.077 H 279.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494C7B
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 123)
HSL	hsl(236, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(236, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 38.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 11.52, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 29.45, 293.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.0133 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.077 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9062, 8.0151, 19.8128)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494C7B #7B7849

analogous

#49657B #494C7B #5F497B

triadic

#494C7B #7B494C #4C7B49

tetradic

#494C7B #7B4965 #7B7849 #497B5F

square

#494C7B #7B4965 #7B7849 #497B5F

split-complementary

#494C7B #7B5F49 #657B49

monochromatic

#1B1D2E #323455 #494C7B #6064A1 #878AB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#494C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#494C7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C7B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494C7B	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C527D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A555D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.077 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7da1',
    500: '#494c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494c7b;
$custom-light: #7e7da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.4,
    "s": 25.51,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43551,
    "c": 0.07719,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494C7B

secondary

#A4A17C

accent

#BC66C2

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEEF2

border

#C9C9CC

text

#0A090F

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C7B

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

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