#494FDD#494FDD

#494FDD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.212 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FDD
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 221)
HSL	hsl(238, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(238, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 64.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, 42.07, -73.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 84.39, 299.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.0156 -0.2112)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.212 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5905, 12.2272, 69.7730)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FDD #DDD749

analogous

#4999DD #494FDD #8D49DD

triadic

#494FDD #DD494F #4FDD49

tetradic

#494FDD #DD4999 #DDD749 #49DD8D

square

#494FDD #DD4999 #DDD749 #49DD8D

split-complementary

#494FDD #DD8D49 #99DD49

monochromatic

#1B2091 #252BC4 #494FDD #7D81E7 #B0B3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#494FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#494FDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FDD

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FDD	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.212 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d81e9',
    500: '#494fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fdd;
$custom-light: #8d81e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.568,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51352,
    "c": 0.21174,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FDD

secondary

#DFDCA3

accent

#E43CEB

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FDD

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

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