#494BE6#494BE6

#494BE6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.227 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494BE6
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 230)
HSL	hsl(239, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(239, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 47.39, -78.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 91.66, 301.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.0175 -0.2267)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.227 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5419, 12.1600, 76.1648)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494BE6 #E6E449

analogous

#4999E6 #494BE6 #9649E6

triadic

#494BE6 #E6494B #4BE649

tetradic

#494BE6 #E64999 #E6E449 #49E696

square

#494BE6 #E64999 #E6E449 #49E696

split-complementary

#494BE6 #E69649 #99E649

monochromatic

#16189F #1D20D5 #494BE6 #7F80ED #B5B5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#494BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#494BE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494BE6

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494BE6	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.227 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7eef',
    500: '#494be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494be6;
$custom-light: #8f7eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.236,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51513,
    "c": 0.22734,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494BE6

secondary

#E4E3A7

accent

#F035F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #494BE6

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

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