#494C8D#494C8D

#494C8D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.105 H 279.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494C8D
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 141)
HSL	hsl(237, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(237, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 46.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, 17.22, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 40.44, 295.20°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.0169 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.105 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1384, 8.5079, 26.3021)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494C8D #8D8A49

analogous

#496E8D #494C8D #68498D

triadic

#494C8D #8D494C #4C8D49

tetradic

#494C8D #8D496E #8D8A49 #498D68

square

#494C8D #8D496E #8D8A49 #498D68

split-complementary

#494C8D #8D6849 #6E8D49

monochromatic

#1F213C #343665 #494C8D #6468AF #8D8FC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#494C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#494C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C8D

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494C8D	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32558F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D508C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.105 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807eaf',
    500: '#494c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494c8d;
$custom-light: #807eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.353,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44646,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494C8D

secondary

#B0AE82

accent

#C360C8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C8D

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

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