#494AD4#494AD4

#494AD4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.206 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494AD4
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 212)
HSL	hsl(240, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(240, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 65.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 42.08, -71.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 82.61, 300.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% 0.02 -0.2051)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.206 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0762, 11.0660, 63.5106)
Luminance	0.1107 (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

#494AD4 #D4D349

analogous

#498FD4 #494AD4 #8D49D4

triadic

#494AD4 #D4494A #4AD449

tetradic

#494AD4 #D4498F #D4D349 #49D48D

square

#494AD4 #D4498F #D4D349 #49D48D

split-complementary

#494AD4 #D48D49 #8FD449

monochromatic

#1F2084 #2B2CB5 #494AD4 #7B7BE0 #ACACEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#494AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#494AD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AD4

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494AD4	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.206 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7de2',
    500: '#494ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ad4;
$custom-light: #8c7de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.568,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49746,
    "c": 0.20608,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494AD4

secondary

#D9D9A0

accent

#E443E5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494AD4

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

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