#494AD8#494AD8

#494AD8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.211 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494AD8
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(240, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(240, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.03, 43.40, -72.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.03, 84.78, 300.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.0197 -0.2102)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.211 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5870, 11.2703, 66.2010)
Luminance	0.1127 (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

#494AD8 #D8D749

analogous

#4992D8 #494AD8 #8F49D8

triadic

#494AD8 #D8494A #4AD849

tetradic

#494AD8 #D84992 #D8D749 #49D88F

square

#494AD8 #D84992 #D8D749 #49D88F

split-complementary

#494AD8 #D88F49 #92D849

monochromatic

#1D1E89 #2829BC #494AD8 #7B7CE3 #AEAEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#494AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#494AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AD8

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494AD8	1.00	6.45	3.25	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.211 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7de5',
    500: '#494ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ad8;
$custom-light: #8d7de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.58,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50099,
    "c": 0.21112,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494AD8

secondary

#DCDBA1

accent

#E740E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494AD8

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

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