#494CDA#494CDA

#494CDA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.211 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CDA
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 218)
HSL	hsl(239, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(239, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 42.87, -72.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 84.63, 300.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.6% 0.018 -0.2106)
OKLCH	oklch(50.6% 0.211 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9828, 11.6457, 67.6162)
Luminance	0.1165 (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

#494CDA #DAD749

analogous

#4994DA #494CDA #8F49DA

triadic

#494CDA #DA494C #4CDA49

tetradic

#494CDA #DA4994 #DAD749 #49DA8F

square

#494CDA #DA4994 #DAD749 #49DA8F

split-complementary

#494CDA #DA8F49 #94DA49

monochromatic

#1C1F8C #272ABF #494CDA #7C7EE4 #AFB0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#494CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#494CDA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CDA

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CDA	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.211 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7ee7',
    500: '#494cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494cda;
$custom-light: #8d7ee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.759,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50598,
    "c": 0.21137,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CDA

secondary

#DDDCA2

accent

#E63FE9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CDA

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

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