#494FAC#494FAC

#494FAC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.146 H 276.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FAC
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 172)
HSL	hsl(236, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(236, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 54.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 25.56, -50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 56.84, 296.73°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% 0.0165 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.146 276.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9876, 9.9861, 40.2648)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FAC #ACA649

analogous

#4980AC #494FAC #7549AC

triadic

#494FAC #AC494F #4FAC49

tetradic

#494FAC #AC4980 #ACA649 #49AC75

square

#494FAC #AC4980 #ACA649 #49AC75

split-complementary

#494FAC #AC7549 #80AC49

monochromatic

#252856 #373B81 #494FAC #7075C2 #9B9ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#494FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#494FAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FAC

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FAC	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#165DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D6476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.146 276.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8480c5',
    500: '#494fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fac;
$custom-light: #8480c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.364,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47398,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 276.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FAC

secondary

#C1BE90

accent

#C958D0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF8

border

#CBC9D1

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FAC

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

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