#494E8A#494E8A

#494E8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.098 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E8A
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(235, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(235, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.40, 14.95, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.40, 37.28, 293.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.0137 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.098 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0581, 8.6997, 25.1891)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E8A #8A8549

analogous

#496F8A #494E8A #65498A

triadic

#494E8A #8A494E #4E8A49

tetradic

#494E8A #8A496F #8A8549 #498A65

square

#494E8A #8A496F #8A8549 #498A65

split-complementary

#494E8A #8A6549 #6F8A49

monochromatic

#1F213A #343762 #494E8A #6369AD #8B90C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#494E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#494E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E8A

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E8A	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37568C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.098 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807fac',
    500: '#494e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e8a;
$custom-light: #807fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44879,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E8A

secondary

#AEAA81

accent

#BF61C7

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0A10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E8A

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

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