#494CD8#494CD8

#494CD8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.209 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CD8
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 216)
HSL	hsl(239, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 64.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 42.21, -72.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 83.54, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% 0.0182 -0.208)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.209 275)
XYZ	xyz(17.7227, 11.5416, 66.2462)
Luminance	0.1154 (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

#494CD8 #D8D549

analogous

#4994D8 #494CD8 #8E49D8

triadic

#494CD8 #D8494C #4CD849

tetradic

#494CD8 #D84994 #D8D549 #49D88E

square

#494CD8 #D84994 #D8D549 #49D88E

split-complementary

#494CD8 #D88E49 #94D849

monochromatic

#1D2089 #282BBC #494CD8 #7B7EE3 #AEAFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#494CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#494CD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CD8

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CD8	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.209 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7ee5',
    500: '#494cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494cd8;
$custom-light: #8d7ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.741,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50423,
    "c": 0.20885,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.11543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CD8

secondary

#DCDAA1

accent

#E440E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CD8

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

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