#494FA6#494FA6

#494FA6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.138 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FA6
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 166)
HSL	hsl(236, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(236, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 52.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 23.54, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 53.33, 296.19°)
OKLab	oklab(46.96% 0.0162 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(46.96% 0.138 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4244, 9.7608, 37.2983)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FA6 #A6A049

analogous

#497EA6 #494FA6 #7249A6

triadic

#494FA6 #A6494F #4FA649

tetradic

#494FA6 #A6497E #A6A049 #49A672

square

#494FA6 #A6497E #A6A049 #49A672

split-complementary

#494FA6 #A67249 #7EA649

monochromatic

#242751 #363B7B #494FA6 #6D73BF #989CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#494FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#494FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FA6

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FA6	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F54A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#196373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.138 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8380c1',
    500: '#494fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fa6;
$custom-light: #8380c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46962,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FA6

secondary

#BEBB8D

accent

#C759CF

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EEF7

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0B0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FA6

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

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