#494BE2#494BE2

#494BE2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.222 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BE2
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 226)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(239, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 66.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.12, 46.09, -76.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.12, 89.53, 300.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.0179 -0.2217)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.222 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9867, 11.9379, 73.2404)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494BE2 #E2E049

analogous

#4997E2 #494BE2 #9349E2

triadic

#494BE2 #E2494B #4BE249

tetradic

#494BE2 #E24997 #E2E049 #49E293

square

#494BE2 #E24997 #E2E049 #49E293

split-complementary

#494BE2 #E29349 #97E249

monochromatic

#181A98 #2123CD #494BE2 #7E7FEA #B3B3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#494BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#494BE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BE2

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BE2	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.222 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7eec',
    500: '#494be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494be2;
$custom-light: #8f7eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.216,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51151,
    "c": 0.22243,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BE2

secondary

#E2E1A5

accent

#ED39EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BE2

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

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