#494FD6#494FD6

#494FD6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.203 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FD6
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 214)
HSL	hsl(237, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(237, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 63.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 39.73, -70.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 80.58, 299.54°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.0161 -0.2022)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.203 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6772, 11.8619, 64.9633)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FD6 #D6D049

analogous

#4996D6 #494FD6 #8A49D6

triadic

#494FD6 #D6494F #4FD649

tetradic

#494FD6 #D64996 #D6D049 #49D68A

square

#494FD6 #D64996 #D6D049 #49D68A

split-complementary

#494FD6 #D68A49 #96D649

monochromatic

#1E2386 #2A30B8 #494FD6 #7B7FE1 #ADB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#494FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#494FD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FD6

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FD6	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.203 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c80e4',
    500: '#494fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fd6;
$custom-light: #8c80e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.447,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5075,
    "c": 0.20283,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FD6

secondary

#DAD8A0

accent

#DF42E6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FD6

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

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