#494F8A#494F8A

#494F8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.096 H 277.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494F8A
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 138)
HSL	hsl(234, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(234, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 42.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, 14.30, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 36.62, 292.99°)
OKLab	oklab(45.09% 0.0124 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(45.09% 0.096 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1297, 8.8429, 25.2129)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494F8A #8A8449

analogous

#49708A #494F8A #64498A

triadic

#494F8A #8A494F #4F8A49

tetradic

#494F8A #8A4970 #8A8449 #498A64

square

#494F8A #8A4970 #8A8449 #498A64

split-complementary

#494F8A #8A6449 #708A49

monochromatic

#1F213A #343862 #494F8A #636AAD #8B91C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#494F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#494F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494F8A

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494F8A	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39578C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.096 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f80ac',
    500: '#494f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494f8a;
$custom-light: #7f80ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.462,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45093,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494F8A

secondary

#AEAA81

accent

#BE61C7

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0A0A10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #494F8A

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

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