#494CD4#494CD4

#494CD4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.204 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CD4
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 212)
HSL	hsl(239, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 64.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 40.88, -70.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 81.36, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.0186 -0.2029)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.204 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2118, 11.3373, 63.5559)
Luminance	0.1134 (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

#494CD4 #D4D149

analogous

#4991D4 #494CD4 #8B49D4

triadic

#494CD4 #D4494C #4CD449

tetradic

#494CD4 #D44991 #D4D149 #49D48B

square

#494CD4 #D44991 #D4D149 #49D48B

split-complementary

#494CD4 #D48B49 #91D449

monochromatic

#1F2184 #2B2EB5 #494CD4 #7B7DE0 #ACADEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#494CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#494CD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CD4

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CD4	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0058D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.204 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7ee2',
    500: '#494cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494cd4;
$custom-light: #8c7ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.705,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50075,
    "c": 0.20378,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CD4

secondary

#D9D8A0

accent

#E143E5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CD4

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

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