#494FD3#494FD3

#494FD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.199 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FD3
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 211)
HSL	hsl(237, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(237, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 38.73, -68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 78.93, 299.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.0163 -0.1983)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.199 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2976, 11.7101, 62.9641)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FD3 #D3CD49

analogous

#4994D3 #494FD3 #8849D3

triadic

#494FD3 #D3494F #4FD349

tetradic

#494FD3 #D34994 #D3CD49 #49D388

square

#494FD3 #D34994 #D3CD49 #49D388

split-complementary

#494FD3 #D38849 #94D349

monochromatic

#1F2482 #2B31B3 #494FD3 #7A7FDF #ACAEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#494FD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#494FD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FD3

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FD3	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.199 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b80e2',
    500: '#494fd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fd3;
$custom-light: #8b80e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50495,
    "c": 0.19898,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FD3

secondary

#D9D69F

accent

#DD44E4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EEFB

border

#CCC9D4

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FD3

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

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