#494FD8#494FD8

#494FD8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.205 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FD8
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 216)
HSL	hsl(237, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(237, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 40.40, -70.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 81.67, 299.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.016 -0.2048)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.205 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9342, 11.9647, 66.3167)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FD8 #D8D249

analogous

#4996D8 #494FD8 #8B49D8

triadic

#494FD8 #D8494F #4FD849

tetradic

#494FD8 #D84996 #D8D249 #49D88B

square

#494FD8 #D84996 #D8D249 #49D88B

split-complementary

#494FD8 #D88B49 #96D849

monochromatic

#1D2289 #282EBC #494FD8 #7B80E3 #AEB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#494FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#494FD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FD8

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FD8	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.205 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c80e5',
    500: '#494fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fd8;
$custom-light: #8c80e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.483,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50921,
    "c": 0.20539,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FD8

secondary

#DCD9A1

accent

#E140E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FD8

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

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