#494CB5#494CB5

#494CB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.163 H 277.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CB5
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 181)
HSL	hsl(238, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(238, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 58%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 30.50, -56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 64.02, 298.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.0199 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.163 277)
XYZ	xyz(13.6699, 9.9205, 44.9016)
Luminance	0.0992 (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

#494CB5 #B5B249

analogous

#4982B5 #494CB5 #7C49B5

triadic

#494CB5 #B5494C #4CB549

tetradic

#494CB5 #B54982 #B5B249 #49B57C

square

#494CB5 #B54982 #B5B249 #49B57C

split-complementary

#494CB5 #B57C49 #82B549

monochromatic

#26275E #373A89 #494CB5 #7476C7 #A0A1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#494CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#494CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CB5

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CB5	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.163 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867ecc',
    500: '#494cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494cb5;
$custom-light: #867ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.333,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47515,
    "c": 0.16282,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.09922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CB5

secondary

#C5C494

accent

#CF55D2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CB5

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

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