#494FA3#494FA3

#494FA3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.133 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FA3
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 163)
HSL	hsl(236, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(236, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 51.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 22.53, -46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 51.57, 295.91°)
OKLab	oklab(46.75% 0.0159 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(46.75% 0.133 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1524, 9.6520, 35.8659)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FA3 #A39D49

analogous

#497CA3 #494FA3 #7049A3

triadic

#494FA3 #A3494F #4FA349

tetradic

#494FA3 #A3497C #A39D49 #49A370

square

#494FA3 #A3497C #A39D49 #49A370

split-complementary

#494FA3 #A37049 #7CA349

monochromatic

#23264E #363B79 #494FA3 #6C71BD #969AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#494FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#494FA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FA3

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FA3	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1654A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D6271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.133 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8380bf',
    500: '#494fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fa3;
$custom-light: #8380bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46749,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FA3

secondary

#BCB98C

accent

#C65ACE

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEEF7

border

#CAC9D0

text

#0B0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FA3

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

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