#494AD1#494AD1

#494AD1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.202 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494AD1
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 209)
HSL	hsl(240, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(240, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 64.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 41.09, -69.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 80.97, 300.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.0203 -0.2013)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.202 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7013, 10.9160, 61.5361)
Luminance	0.1092 (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

#494AD1 #D1D049

analogous

#498ED1 #494AD1 #8C49D1

triadic

#494AD1 #D1494A #4AD149

tetradic

#494AD1 #D1498E #D1D049 #49D18C

square

#494AD1 #D1498E #D1D049 #49D18C

split-complementary

#494AD1 #D18C49 #8ED149

monochromatic

#20217F #2D2EB0 #494AD1 #7A7BDD #ABABEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#494AD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#494AD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AD1

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494AD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494AD1	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ad1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.202 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7de0',
    500: '#494ad1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ad1;
$custom-light: #8b7de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ad1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.559,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49484,
    "c": 0.20227,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494AD1

secondary

#D7D79E

accent

#E245E3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #494AD1

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

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