#494AEC#494AEC

#494AEC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.236 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494AEC
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 236)
HSL	hsl(240, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.80, 49.91, -81.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.80, 95.41, 301.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.0173 -0.235)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.236 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3317, 12.3682, 80.6564)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494AEC #ECEB49

analogous

#499BEC #494AEC #9949EC

triadic

#494AEC #EC494A #4AEC49

tetradic

#494AEC #EC499B #ECEB49 #49EC99

square

#494AEC #EC499B #ECEB49 #49EC99

split-complementary

#494AEC #EC9949 #9BEC49

monochromatic

#1213A9 #1719E0 #494AEC #8081F2 #B8B8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#494AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#494AEC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494AEC

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494AEC	1.00	6.04	3.47	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.236 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#917ef3',
    500: '#494aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494aec;
$custom-light: #917ef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.632,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51911,
    "c": 0.23567,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494AEC

secondary

#E7E7A9

accent

#DC08DD

background

#F9F7FF

surface

#F2EEFE

border

#CCC9D6

text

#0F0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #494AEC

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

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