#494BD9#494BD9

#494BD9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.211 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BD9
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 217)
HSL	hsl(239, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 65.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 43.14, -72.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 84.70, 300.62°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.0188 -0.2104)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.211 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7840, 11.4568, 66.9064)
Luminance	0.1146 (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

#494BD9 #D9D749

analogous

#4993D9 #494BD9 #8F49D9

triadic

#494BD9 #D9494B #4BD949

tetradic

#494BD9 #D94993 #D9D749 #49D98F

square

#494BD9 #D94993 #D9D749 #49D98F

split-complementary

#494BD9 #D98F49 #93D949

monochromatic

#1D1E8B #282ABD #494BD9 #7C7DE4 #AEAFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#494BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#494BD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BD9

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BD9	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.211 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7ee6',
    500: '#494bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494bd9;
$custom-light: #8d7ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50348,
    "c": 0.21124,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BD9

secondary

#DCDBA2

accent

#E63FE8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BD9

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

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