#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
RGBrgb(73, 75, 227)
HSLhsl(239, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(239, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 67%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(41.20, 46.42, -77.18)
CIE-LCHlch(41.20, 90.07, 301.02°)
OKLaboklab(51.24% 0.0178 -0.223)
OKLCHoklch(51.24% 0.224 274.6)
XYZxyz(19.1243, 11.9929, 73.9652)
Luminance0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

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
##494BE31.006.183.406.18
#FFFFFF6.181.0021.001.00
#0000003.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.181.0021.001.00

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

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#494BE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva