#494AE2#494AE2

#494AE2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.224 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494AE2
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 226)
HSL	hsl(240, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, 46.67, -77.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 90.14, 301.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.0186 -0.2227)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.224 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9194, 11.8033, 73.2180)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.45

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494AE2 #E2E149

analogous

#4996E2 #494AE2 #9449E2

triadic

#494AE2 #E2494A #4AE249

tetradic

#494AE2 #E24996 #E2E149 #49E294

square

#494AE2 #E24996 #E2E149 #49E294

split-complementary

#494AE2 #E29449 #96E249

monochromatic

#181998 #2122CD #494AE2 #7E7EEA #B3B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#494AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#494AE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AE2

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494AE2	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.224 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7dec',
    500: '#494ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ae2;
$custom-light: #8f7dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.608,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50995,
    "c": 0.22352,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494AE2

secondary

#E2E1A5

accent

#EE39EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494AE2

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

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