#494BDE#494BDE

#494BDE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.217 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BDE
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 222)
HSL	hsl(239, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(239, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 44.78, -75.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 87.40, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% 0.0183 -0.2167)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.217 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4442, 11.7209, 70.3834)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.35

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494BDE #DEDC49

analogous

#4995DE #494BDE #9249DE

triadic

#494BDE #DE494B #4BDE49

tetradic

#494BDE #DE4995 #DEDC49 #49DE92

square

#494BDE #DE4995 #DEDC49 #49DE92

split-complementary

#494BDE #DE9249 #95DE49

monochromatic

#1A1C92 #2426C6 #494BDE #7D7EE7 #B1B1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#494BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#494BDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BDE

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BDE	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.217 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7ee9',
    500: '#494bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494bde;
$custom-light: #8e7ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.195,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50792,
    "c": 0.21748,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BDE

secondary

#DFDEA4

accent

#EA3CEC

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BDE

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

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