#494BE3#494BE3

#494BE3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.224 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BE3
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 227)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(239, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 67%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 46.42, -77.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 90.07, 301.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% 0.0178 -0.223)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.224 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1243, 11.9929, 73.9652)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494BE3 #E3E149

analogous

#4998E3 #494BE3 #9449E3

triadic

#494BE3 #E3494B #4BE349

tetradic

#494BE3 #E34998 #E3E149 #49E394

square

#494BE3 #E34998 #E3E149 #49E394

split-complementary

#494BE3 #E39449 #98E349

monochromatic

#18199A #2022CF #494BE3 #7E7FEB #B3B4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#494BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#494BE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BE3

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BE3	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.224 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7eed',
    500: '#494be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494be3;
$custom-light: #8f7eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.221,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51241,
    "c": 0.22367,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BE3

secondary

#E2E1A6

accent

#EE38F0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BE3

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

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