#494AD5#494AD5

#494AD5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.207 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#494AD5
RGBrgb(73, 74, 213)
HSLhsl(240, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(240, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 65.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(39.78, 42.41, -71.52)
CIE-LCHlch(39.78, 83.15, 300.67°)
OKLaboklab(49.83% 0.02 -0.2064)
OKLCHoklch(49.83% 0.207 275.5)
XYZxyz(17.2027, 11.1166, 64.1770)
Luminance0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#494AD5 #D5D449
analogous
#4990D5 #494AD5 #8E49D5
triadic
#494AD5 #D5494A #4AD549
tetradic
#494AD5 #D54990 #D5D449 #49D58E
square
#494AD5 #D54990 #D5D449 #49D58E
split-complementary
#494AD5 #D58E49 #90D549
monochromatic
#1F1F85 #2A2BB7 #494AD5 #7B7BE0 #ACADEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51
#494AD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22
#494AD5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AD5
6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##494AD5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##494AD51.006.513.226.51
#FFFFFF6.511.0021.001.00
#0000003.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.511.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0064D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0057D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006E89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #494ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.207 275.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7de3',
    500: '#494ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #494ad5;
$custom-light: #8c7de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#494ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49834,
    "c": 0.20734,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#494AD5
secondary
#DAD9A0
accent
#E442E6
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EEFC
border
#CCC9D5
text
#0E0A16
muted
#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494AD5

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#494AD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva