#494DD9#494DD9

#494DD9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.209 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494DD9
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 217)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 41.94, -72.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 83.47, 300.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.0174 -0.2082)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.209 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9218, 11.7324, 66.9523)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494DD9 #D9D549

analogous

#4995D9 #494DD9 #8D49D9

triadic

#494DD9 #D9494D #4DD949

tetradic

#494DD9 #D94995 #D9D549 #49D98D

square

#494DD9 #D94995 #D9D549 #49D98D

split-complementary

#494DD9 #D98D49 #95D949

monochromatic

#1D208B #282CBD #494DD9 #7C7FE4 #AEB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#494DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#494DD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494DD9

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494DD9	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.209 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7fe6',
    500: '#494dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494dd9;
$custom-light: #8d7fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50674,
    "c": 0.20897,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494DD9

secondary

#DCDBA2

accent

#E43FE8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494DD9

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

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