#494E9D#494E9D

#494E9D is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.126 H 277.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E9D
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 157)
HSL	hsl(236, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(236, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 50.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.55, 21.18, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.55, 48.69, 295.78°)
OKLab	oklab(46.13% 0.0165 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(46.13% 0.126 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5559, 9.2988, 33.0777)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E9D #9D9849

analogous

#49789D #494E9D #6E499D

triadic

#494E9D #9D494E #4E9D49

tetradic

#494E9D #9D4978 #9D9849 #499D6E

square

#494E9D #9D4978 #9D9849 #499D6E

split-complementary

#494E9D #9D6E49 #789D49

monochromatic

#222449 #363973 #494E9D #6A6EBA #9397CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#494E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#494E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E9D

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E9D	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2859A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E539B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#245F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.126 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827fba',
    500: '#494e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e9d;
$custom-light: #827fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.429,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46128,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E9D

secondary

#B9B689

accent

#C65BCD

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEEF6

border

#CAC9D0

text

#0B0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E9D

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

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