#494BD7#494BD7

#494BD7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.209 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BD7
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 215)
HSL	hsl(239, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 65.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 42.48, -72.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 83.62, 300.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.019 -0.2079)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.209 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5254, 11.3534, 65.5446)
Luminance	0.1135 (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

#494BD7 #D7D549

analogous

#4992D7 #494BD7 #8E49D7

triadic

#494BD7 #D7494B #4BD749

tetradic

#494BD7 #D74992 #D7D549 #49D78E

square

#494BD7 #D74992 #D7D549 #49D78E

split-complementary

#494BD7 #D78E49 #92D749

monochromatic

#1E1F88 #292BBA #494BD7 #7B7DE2 #ADAEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#494BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#494BD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BD7

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BD7	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.209 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7ee4',
    500: '#494bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494bd7;
$custom-light: #8c7ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.155,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50172,
    "c": 0.20873,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BD7

secondary

#DBDAA1

accent

#E541E7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BD7

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

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