#494CD7#494CD7

#494CD7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.208 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CD7
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 215)
HSL	hsl(239, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 64.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 41.88, -71.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 83.00, 300.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.34% 0.0183 -0.2068)
OKLCH	oklch(50.34% 0.208 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5938, 11.4901, 65.5674)
Luminance	0.1149 (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

#494CD7 #D7D449

analogous

#4993D7 #494CD7 #8D49D7

triadic

#494CD7 #D7494C #4CD749

tetradic

#494CD7 #D74993 #D7D449 #49D78D

square

#494CD7 #D74993 #D7D449 #49D78D

split-complementary

#494CD7 #D78D49 #93D749

monochromatic

#1E2088 #292CBA #494CD7 #7B7DE2 #ADAFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#494CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#494CD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CD7

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CD7	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.208 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7ee4',
    500: '#494cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494cd7;
$custom-light: #8c7ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.732,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50336,
    "c": 0.20759,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CD7

secondary

#DBDAA1

accent

#E341E7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CD7

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

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