#494ADE#494ADE

#494ADE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.219 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494ADE
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 222)
HSL	hsl(240, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(240, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 45.37, -75.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 88.00, 301.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.019 -0.2178)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.219 275)
XYZ	xyz(18.3769, 11.5863, 70.3610)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494ADE #DEDD49

analogous

#4995DE #494ADE #9249DE

triadic

#494ADE #DE494A #4ADE49

tetradic

#494ADE #DE4995 #DEDD49 #49DE92

square

#494ADE #DE4995 #DEDD49 #49DE92

split-complementary

#494ADE #DE9249 #95DE49

monochromatic

#1A1B92 #2425C6 #494ADE #7D7EE7 #B1B1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#494ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#494ADE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494ADE

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494ADE	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.219 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7de9',
    500: '#494ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ade;
$custom-light: #8e7de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.597,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50634,
    "c": 0.21859,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.11588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494ADE

secondary

#DFDFA4

accent

#EB3CEC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494ADE

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

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