#494AE6#494AE6

#494AE6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.228 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494AE6
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 230)
HSL	hsl(240, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, 47.97, -78.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 92.26, 301.33°)
OKLab	oklab(51.36% 0.0181 -0.2277)
OKLCH	oklch(51.36% 0.228 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4746, 12.0254, 76.1424)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494AE6 #E6E549

analogous

#4999E6 #494AE6 #9749E6

triadic

#494AE6 #E6494A #4AE649

tetradic

#494AE6 #E64999 #E6E549 #49E697

square

#494AE6 #E64999 #E6E549 #49E697

split-complementary

#494AE6 #E69749 #99E649

monochromatic

#16179F #1D1ED5 #494AE6 #7F80ED #B5B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#494AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#494AE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AE6

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494AE6	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.228 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#907def',
    500: '#494ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ae6;
$custom-light: #907def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.618,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51359,
    "c": 0.22841,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494AE6

secondary

#E4E4A7

accent

#F135F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #494AE6

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

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