#494BD3#494BD3

#494BD3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.204 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BD3
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 211)
HSL	hsl(239, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(239, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.83, 41.15, -70.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.83, 81.44, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.0194 -0.2027)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.204 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0177, 11.1503, 62.8708)
Luminance	0.1115 (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

#494BD3 #D3D149

analogous

#4990D3 #494BD3 #8C49D3

triadic

#494BD3 #D3494B #4BD349

tetradic

#494BD3 #D34990 #D3D149 #49D38C

square

#494BD3 #D34990 #D3D149 #49D38C

split-complementary

#494BD3 #D38C49 #90D349

monochromatic

#1F2182 #2B2DB3 #494BD3 #7A7CDF #ACACEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#494BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#494BD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BD3

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BD3	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.204 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7ee2',
    500: '#494bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494bd3;
$custom-light: #8c7ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.13,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49823,
    "c": 0.20366,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BD3

secondary

#D9D89F

accent

#E244E4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BD3

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

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