#494FB4#494FB4

#494FB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FB4
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 180)
HSL	hsl(237, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(237, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 56.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.38, 28.26, -54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.38, 61.47, 297.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.0169 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.158 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7792, 10.3027, 44.4337)
Luminance	0.1030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FB4 #B4AE49

analogous

#4984B4 #494FB4 #7949B4

triadic

#494FB4 #B4494F #4FB449

tetradic

#494FB4 #B44984 #B4AE49 #49B479

square

#494FB4 #B44984 #B4AE49 #49B479

split-complementary

#494FB4 #B47949 #84B449

monochromatic

#26295D #373C88 #494FB4 #7478C7 #9FA2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#494FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#494FB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FB4

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FB4	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00677A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8680cb',
    500: '#494fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fb4;
$custom-light: #8680cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.636,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47998,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FB4

secondary

#C5C294

accent

#CB56D2

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EEF9

border

#CBC9D2

text

#0C0A13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FB4

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

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