#494BDA#494BDA

#494BDA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.212 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BDA
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 218)
HSL	hsl(239, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(239, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 65.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, 43.47, -73.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 85.24, 300.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% 0.0188 -0.2117)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.213 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9144, 11.5090, 67.5935)
Luminance	0.1151 (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

#494BDA #DAD849

analogous

#4994DA #494BDA #8F49DA

triadic

#494BDA #DA494B #4BDA49

tetradic

#494BDA #DA4994 #DAD849 #49DA8F

square

#494BDA #DA4994 #DAD849 #49DA8F

split-complementary

#494BDA #DA8F49 #94DA49

monochromatic

#1C1E8C #2729BF #494BDA #7C7DE4 #AFB0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#494BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#494BDA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BDA

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BDA	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.212 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7ee7',
    500: '#494bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494bda;
$custom-light: #8d7ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.172,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50436,
    "c": 0.2125,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BDA

secondary

#DDDCA2

accent

#E73FE9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BDA

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

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