#494FD9#494FD9

#494FD9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.207 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#494FD9
RGBrgb(73, 79, 217)
HSLhsl(238, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(238, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 63.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(41.24, 40.74, -71.42)
CIE-LCHlch(41.24, 82.22, 299.70°)
OKLaboklab(51.01% 0.0159 -0.206)
OKLCHoklch(51.01% 0.207 274.4)
XYZxyz(18.0639, 12.0166, 66.9997)
Luminance0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#494FD9 #D9D349
analogous
#4997D9 #494FD9 #8B49D9
triadic
#494FD9 #D9494F #4FD949
tetradic
#494FD9 #D94997 #D9D349 #49D98B
square
#494FD9 #D94997 #D9D349 #49D98B
split-complementary
#494FD9 #D98B49 #97D949
monochromatic
#1D228B #282EBD #494FD9 #7C80E4 #AEB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17
#494FD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40
#494FD9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FD9
6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##494FD9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##494FD91.006.173.406.17
#FFFFFF6.171.0021.001.00
#0000003.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.171.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0068DD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005BD6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00738D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #494fd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.207 274.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d80e6',
    500: '#494fd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #494fd9;
$custom-light: #8d80e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#494fd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51006,
    "c": 0.20667,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#494FD9
secondary
#DCDAA2
accent
#E13FE8
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EEFC
border
#CCC9D5
text
#0E0A16
muted
#7E7C84

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#494FD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva