#494CD9#494CD9

#494CD9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.210 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CD9
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 217)
HSL	hsl(239, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(239, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 65%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, 42.54, -72.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 84.08, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.51% 0.0181 -0.2093)
OKLCH	oklch(50.51% 0.21 275)
XYZ	xyz(17.8523, 11.5935, 66.9292)
Luminance	0.1159 (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

#494CD9 #D9D649

analogous

#4994D9 #494CD9 #8E49D9

triadic

#494CD9 #D9494C #4CD949

tetradic

#494CD9 #D94994 #D9D649 #49D98E

square

#494CD9 #D94994 #D9D649 #49D98E

split-complementary

#494CD9 #D98E49 #94D949

monochromatic

#1D1F8B #282BBD #494CD9 #7C7EE4 #AEB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#494CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#494CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CD9

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CD9	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.210 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7ee6',
    500: '#494cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494cd9;
$custom-light: #8d7ee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5051,
    "c": 0.21011,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.11595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CD9

secondary

#DCDBA2

accent

#E53FE8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CD9

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

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