#494FD4#494FD4

#494FD4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.200 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#494FD4
RGBrgb(73, 79, 212)
HSLhsl(237, 62%, 56%)
HSVhsv(237, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(65.6%, 62.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(40.83, 39.06, -69.22)
CIE-LCHlch(40.83, 79.48, 299.44°)
OKLaboklab(50.58% 0.0163 -0.1996)
OKLCHoklch(50.58% 0.2 274.7)
XYZxyz(17.4234, 11.7604, 63.6264)
Luminance0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#494FD4 #D4CE49
analogous
#4994D4 #494FD4 #8849D4
triadic
#494FD4 #D4494F #4FD449
tetradic
#494FD4 #D44994 #D4CE49 #49D488
square
#494FD4 #D44994 #D4CE49 #49D488
split-complementary
#494FD4 #D48849 #94D449
monochromatic
#1F2384 #2B31B5 #494FD4 #7B7FE0 #ACAFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26
#494FD4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35
#494FD4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FD4
6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##494FD4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##494FD41.006.263.356.26
#FFFFFF6.261.0021.001.00
#0000003.3521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.261.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0067D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005AD1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00718A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #494fd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.200 274.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c80e2',
    500: '#494fd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #494fd4;
$custom-light: #8c80e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#494fd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.41,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5058,
    "c": 0.20026,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#494FD4
secondary
#D9D7A0
accent
#DE43E5
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EEFC
border
#CCC9D5
text
#0D0A15
muted
#7E7C84

Preview Lab

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#494FD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva