#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
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 217)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 63.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 40.74, -71.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 82.22, 299.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0159 -0.206)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.207 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0639, 12.0166, 66.9997)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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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
##494FD9	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FD9

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

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