#494E8D#494E8D

#494E8D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.102 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E8D
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 141)
HSL	hsl(236, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 44.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, 15.92, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 39.10, 294.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% 0.0143 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.102 278)
XYZ	xyz(10.2783, 8.7878, 26.3488)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E8D #8D8849

analogous

#49708D #494E8D #66498D

triadic

#494E8D #8D494E #4E8D49

tetradic

#494E8D #8D4970 #8D8849 #498D66

square

#494E8D #8D4970 #8D8849 #498D66

split-complementary

#494E8D #8D6649 #708D49

monochromatic

#1F213C #343865 #494E8D #646AAF #8D91C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#494E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#494E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E8D

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E8D	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35568F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30518C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.102 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807faf',
    500: '#494e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e8d;
$custom-light: #807faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.588,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45067,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.08788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E8D

secondary

#B0AC82

accent

#C060C8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0A10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E8D

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

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