#494FD7#494FD7

#494FD7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.204 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FD7
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 215)
HSL	hsl(237, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(237, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 63.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 40.07, -70.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 81.13, 299.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% 0.0161 -0.2035)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.204 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8053, 11.9131, 65.6379)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FD7 #D7D149

analogous

#4996D7 #494FD7 #8A49D7

triadic

#494FD7 #D7494F #4FD749

tetradic

#494FD7 #D74996 #D7D149 #49D78A

square

#494FD7 #D74996 #D7D149 #49D78A

split-complementary

#494FD7 #D78A49 #96D749

monochromatic

#1E2288 #292FBA #494FD7 #7B80E2 #ADB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#494FD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#494FD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FD7

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FD7	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.204 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c80e4',
    500: '#494fd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fd7;
$custom-light: #8c80e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.465,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50835,
    "c": 0.20411,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FD7

secondary

#DBD9A1

accent

#E041E7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FD7

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

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