#494F95#494F95

#494F95 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.113 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494F95
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 149)
HSL	hsl(235, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(235, 51%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 47%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.32, 17.88, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.32, 43.25, 294.42°)
OKLab	oklab(45.79% 0.0143 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(45.79% 0.113 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9668, 9.1777, 29.6215)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494F95 #958F49

analogous

#497595 #494F95 #694995

triadic

#494F95 #95494F #4F9549

tetradic

#494F95 #954975 #958F49 #499569

square

#494F95 #954975 #958F49 #499569

split-complementary

#494F95 #956949 #759549

monochromatic

#212343 #35396C #494F95 #676DB4 #9094C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#494F95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#494F95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494F95

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494F95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494F95	1.00	7.41	2.84	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A5393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494f95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.113 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8180b4',
    500: '#494f95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494f95;
$custom-light: #8180b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494f95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 34.234,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45793,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494F95

secondary

#B4B185

accent

#C25DCA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEEF6

border

#CAC9D0

text

#0B0A11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #494F95

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

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