#494C8A#494C8A

#494C8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.101 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494C8A
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 138)
HSL	hsl(237, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(237, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 44.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.84, 16.25, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.84, 38.63, 294.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% 0.0164 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.101 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9182, 8.4198, 25.1424)
Luminance	0.0842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494C8A #8A8749

analogous

#496D8A #494C8A #67498A

triadic

#494C8A #8A494C #4C8A49

tetradic

#494C8A #8A496D #8A8749 #498A67

square

#494C8A #8A496D #8A8749 #498A67

split-complementary

#494C8A #8A6749 #6D8A49

monochromatic

#1F203A #343662 #494C8A #6367AD #8B8EC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#494C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#494C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C8A

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494C8A	1.00	7.82	2.68	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34548C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F5089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.101 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807eac',
    500: '#494c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494c8a;
$custom-light: #807eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.231,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44454,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494C8A

secondary

#AEAC81

accent

#C261C7

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C8A

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

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