#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
RGBrgb(73, 75, 216)
HSLhsl(239, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(239, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 65.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(40.25, 42.81, -72.46)
CIE-LCHlch(40.25, 84.16, 300.57°)
OKLaboklab(50.26% 0.0189 -0.2091)
OKLCHoklch(50.26% 0.21 275.2)
XYZxyz(17.6543, 11.4049, 66.2234)
Luminance0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

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
##494BD81.006.403.286.40
#FFFFFF6.401.0021.001.00
#0000003.2821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.401.0021.001.00

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

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#494BD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva