#494DD7#494DD7

#494DD7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.206 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494DD7
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 215)
HSL	hsl(238, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 64.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 41.28, -71.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 82.38, 300.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.0176 -0.2057)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.206 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6632, 11.6290, 65.5906)
Luminance	0.1163 (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

#494DD7 #D7D349

analogous

#4994D7 #494DD7 #8C49D7

triadic

#494DD7 #D7494D #4DD749

tetradic

#494DD7 #D74994 #D7D349 #49D78C

square

#494DD7 #D74994 #D7D349 #49D78C

split-complementary

#494DD7 #D78C49 #94D749

monochromatic

#1E2188 #292DBA #494DD7 #7B7EE2 #ADAFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#494DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#494DD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494DD7

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494DD7	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)

#0066DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.206 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7fe4',
    500: '#494dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494dd7;
$custom-light: #8c7fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.31,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50501,
    "c": 0.20644,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494DD7

secondary

#DBD9A1

accent

#E241E7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494DD7

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

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