#494AE8#494AE8

#494AE8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.231 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494AE8
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 232)
HSL	hsl(240, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 68.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, 48.62, -79.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 93.31, 301.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.0178 -0.2301)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.231 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7571, 12.1384, 77.6300)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494AE8 #E8E749

analogous

#4999E8 #494AE8 #9849E8

triadic

#494AE8 #E8494A #4AE849

tetradic

#494AE8 #E84999 #E8E749 #49E898

square

#494AE8 #E84999 #E8E749 #49E898

split-complementary

#494AE8 #E89849 #99E849

monochromatic

#1415A2 #1B1DD8 #494AE8 #7F80EF #B6B6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#494AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#494AE8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AE8

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494AE8	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.231 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#907df1',
    500: '#494ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ae8;
$custom-light: #907df1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.623,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51542,
    "c": 0.23084,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494AE8

secondary

#E5E5A8

accent

#F334F4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #494AE8

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

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