#494FA7#494FA7

#494FA7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.139 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FA7
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 167)
HSL	hsl(236, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(236, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 52.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.48, 23.88, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.48, 53.92, 296.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% 0.0162 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.139 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5165, 9.7976, 37.7833)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FA7 #A7A149

analogous

#497EA7 #494FA7 #7249A7

triadic

#494FA7 #A7494F #4FA749

tetradic

#494FA7 #A7497E #A7A149 #49A772

square

#494FA7 #A7497E #A7A149 #49A772

split-complementary

#494FA7 #A77249 #7EA749

monochromatic

#242752 #363B7C #494FA7 #6E73BF #989CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#494FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#494FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FA7

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FA7	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E5CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C54A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#176373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.139 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8480c2',
    500: '#494fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fa7;
$custom-light: #8480c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.17,
    "s": 39.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47034,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FA7

secondary

#BEBB8D

accent

#C859CF

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0B0A12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FA7

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

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