#494D8A#494D8A

#494D8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.099 H 278.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D8A
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 138)
HSL	hsl(236, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(236, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 44.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.12, 15.60, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.12, 37.95, 294.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.0151 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.099 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9876, 8.5587, 25.1656)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D8A #8A8649

analogous

#496E8A #494D8A #66498A

triadic

#494D8A #8A494D #4D8A49

tetradic

#494D8A #8A496E #8A8649 #498A66

square

#494D8A #8A496E #8A8649 #498A66

split-complementary

#494D8A #8A6649 #6E8A49

monochromatic

#1F203A #343762 #494D8A #6368AD #8B8FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#494D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#494D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D8A

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D8A	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35558C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.099 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807eac',
    500: '#494d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d8a;
$custom-light: #807eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.308,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44666,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D8A

secondary

#AEAB81

accent

#C161C7

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0A10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D8A

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

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