#494BD8#494BD8

#494BD8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.210 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BD8
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 216)
HSL	hsl(239, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 65.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 42.81, -72.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 84.16, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.0189 -0.2091)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.21 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6543, 11.4049, 66.2234)
Luminance	0.1141 (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

#494BD8 #D8D649

analogous

#4993D8 #494BD8 #8F49D8

triadic

#494BD8 #D8494B #4BD849

tetradic

#494BD8 #D84993 #D8D649 #49D88F

square

#494BD8 #D84993 #D8D649 #49D88F

split-complementary

#494BD8 #D88F49 #93D849

monochromatic

#1D1F89 #282ABC #494BD8 #7B7DE3 #AEAFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#494BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#494BD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BD8

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BD8	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.210 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7ee5',
    500: '#494bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494bd8;
$custom-light: #8d7ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.161,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5026,
    "c": 0.20999,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BD8

secondary

#DCDBA1

accent

#E540E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BD8

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

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