#494FA5#494FA5

#494FA5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.136 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FA5
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 165)
HSL	hsl(236, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(236, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 52.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 23.21, -47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 52.74, 296.10°)
OKLab	oklab(46.89% 0.0161 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(46.89% 0.136 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3330, 9.7242, 36.8171)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FA5 #A59F49

analogous

#497DA5 #494FA5 #7149A5

triadic

#494FA5 #A5494F #4FA549

tetradic

#494FA5 #A5497D #A59F49 #49A571

square

#494FA5 #A5497D #A59F49 #49A571

split-complementary

#494FA5 #A57149 #7DA549

monochromatic

#232650 #363B7B #494FA5 #6D72BE #979BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#494FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#494FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FA5

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FA5	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1254A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A6272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.136 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8380c0',
    500: '#494fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fa5;
$custom-light: #8380c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.087,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46891,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FA5

secondary

#BDBA8D

accent

#C759CF

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF7

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0B0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FA5

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

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