#494ADA#494ADA

#494ADA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.214 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494ADA
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 218)
HSL	hsl(240, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(240, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, 44.06, -73.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 85.86, 300.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.0194 -0.2127)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.214 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8472, 11.3744, 67.5710)
Luminance	0.1138 (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

#494ADA #DAD949

analogous

#4993DA #494ADA #9049DA

triadic

#494ADA #DA494A #4ADA49

tetradic

#494ADA #DA4993 #DAD949 #49DA90

square

#494ADA #DA4993 #DAD949 #49DA90

split-complementary

#494ADA #DA9049 #93DA49

monochromatic

#1C1D8C #2728BF #494ADA #7C7DE4 #AFAFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#494ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#494ADA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494ADA

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494ADA	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.214 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7de7',
    500: '#494ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ada;
$custom-light: #8d7de7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.586,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50276,
    "c": 0.21362,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494ADA

secondary

#DDDCA2

accent

#E83FE9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494ADA

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

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