#494DD5#494DD5

#494DD5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.204 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494DD5
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 213)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 63.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 40.61, -70.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 81.29, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.33% 0.0177 -0.2031)
OKLCH	oklch(50.33% 0.204 275)
XYZ	xyz(17.4078, 11.5268, 64.2454)
Luminance	0.1153 (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

#494DD5 #D5D149

analogous

#4993D5 #494DD5 #8B49D5

triadic

#494DD5 #D5494D #4DD549

tetradic

#494DD5 #D54993 #D5D149 #49D58B

square

#494DD5 #D54993 #D5D149 #49D58B

split-complementary

#494DD5 #D58B49 #93D549

monochromatic

#1F2285 #2A2EB7 #494DD5 #7B7EE0 #ACAEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#494DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#494DD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494DD5

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494DD5	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.204 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7fe3',
    500: '#494dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494dd5;
$custom-light: #8c7fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50328,
    "c": 0.20389,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.11528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494DD5

secondary

#DAD8A0

accent

#E142E6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494DD5

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

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