#494CD5#494CD5

#494CD5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.205 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CD5
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 213)
HSL	hsl(239, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 64.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.23, 41.22, -70.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.23, 81.91, 300.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% 0.0185 -0.2042)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.205 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3384, 11.3879, 64.2223)
Luminance	0.1139 (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

#494CD5 #D5D249

analogous

#4992D5 #494CD5 #8C49D5

triadic

#494CD5 #D5494C #4CD549

tetradic

#494CD5 #D54992 #D5D249 #49D58C

square

#494CD5 #D54992 #D5D249 #49D58C

split-complementary

#494CD5 #D58C49 #92D549

monochromatic

#1F2185 #2A2DB7 #494CD5 #7B7DE0 #ACAEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#494CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#494CD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CD5

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CD5	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.205 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7ee3',
    500: '#494cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494cd5;
$custom-light: #8c7ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50162,
    "c": 0.20504,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CD5

secondary

#DAD9A0

accent

#E242E6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CD5

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

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