#494CDB#494CDB

#494CDB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.213 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CDB
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 219)
HSL	hsl(239, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(239, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 65.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, 43.20, -73.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 85.17, 300.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.018 -0.2119)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.213 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1141, 11.6982, 68.3075)
Luminance	0.1170 (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

#494CDB #DBD849

analogous

#4995DB #494CDB #8F49DB

triadic

#494CDB #DB494C #4CDB49

tetradic

#494CDB #DB4995 #DBD849 #49DB8F

square

#494CDB #DB4995 #DBD849 #49DB8F

split-complementary

#494CDB #DB8F49 #95DB49

monochromatic

#1C1E8E #2629C1 #494CDB #7C7EE5 #AFB1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#494CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#494CDB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CDB

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CDB	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.213 274.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.767,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50686,
    "c": 0.21263,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CDB

secondary

#DDDCA2

accent

#E63EEA

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CDB

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

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