#494AC8#494AC8

#494AC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.191 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494AC8
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(240, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 63%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.70, 38.11, -65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.70, 76.02, 300.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% 0.021 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.191 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6184, 10.4829, 55.8327)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494AC8 #C8C749

analogous

#4989C8 #494AC8 #8749C8

triadic

#494AC8 #C8494A #4AC849

tetradic

#494AC8 #C84989 #C8C749 #49C887

square

#494AC8 #C84989 #C8C749 #49C887

split-complementary

#494AC8 #C88749 #89C849

monochromatic

#232474 #3132A3 #494AC8 #7879D6 #A7A7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#494AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#494AC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AC8

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494AC8	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.191 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7dda',
    500: '#494ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ac8;
$custom-light: #8a7dda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.528,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48711,
    "c": 0.19069,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494AC8

secondary

#D2D19B

accent

#DC4BDD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EEFB

border

#CBC9D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #494AC8

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

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