#494DD4#494DD4

#494DD4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.203 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494DD4
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 212)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 63.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 40.28, -69.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 80.74, 299.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.0178 -0.2018)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.203 275)
XYZ	xyz(17.2813, 11.4762, 63.5790)
Luminance	0.1148 (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

#494DD4 #D4D049

analogous

#4993D4 #494DD4 #8A49D4

triadic

#494DD4 #D4494D #4DD449

tetradic

#494DD4 #D44993 #D4D049 #49D48A

square

#494DD4 #D44993 #D4D049 #49D48A

split-complementary

#494DD4 #D48A49 #93D449

monochromatic

#1F2284 #2B2FB5 #494DD4 #7B7DE0 #ACAEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#494DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#494DD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494DD4

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494DD4	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.203 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7fe2',
    500: '#494dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494dd4;
$custom-light: #8c7fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.273,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50242,
    "c": 0.20261,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.11478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494DD4

secondary

#D9D8A0

accent

#E043E5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494DD4

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

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