#494DD3#494DD3

#494DD3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.201 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494DD3
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 211)
HSL	hsl(238, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(238, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 63.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 39.95, -69.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 80.19, 299.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% 0.0179 -0.2005)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.201 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1555, 11.4259, 62.9167)
Luminance	0.1143 (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

#494DD3 #D3CF49

analogous

#4992D3 #494DD3 #8A49D3

triadic

#494DD3 #D3494D #4DD349

tetradic

#494DD3 #D34992 #D3CF49 #49D38A

square

#494DD3 #D34992 #D3CF49 #49D38A

split-complementary

#494DD3 #D38A49 #92D349

monochromatic

#1F2282 #2B2FB3 #494DD3 #7A7DDF #ACADEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#494DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#494DD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494DD3

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494DD3	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.201 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7fe2',
    500: '#494dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494dd3;
$custom-light: #8c7fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.261,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50156,
    "c": 0.20133,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494DD3

secondary

#D9D79F

accent

#E044E4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494DD3

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

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