#494CC6#494CC6

#494CC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.186 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CC6
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 198)
HSL	hsl(239, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(239, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 61.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 36.21, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 73.63, 299.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.0194 -0.1846)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.186 276)
XYZ	xyz(15.5218, 10.6613, 54.6550)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494CC6 #C6C349

analogous

#498AC6 #494CC6 #8449C6

triadic

#494CC6 #C6494C #4CC649

tetradic

#494CC6 #C6498A #C6C349 #49C684

square

#494CC6 #C6498A #C6C349 #49C684

split-complementary

#494CC6 #C68449 #8AC649

monochromatic

#232571 #3235A0 #494CC6 #787AD5 #A6A8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#494CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#494CC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CC6

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CC6	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.186 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897ed8',
    500: '#494cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494cc6;
$custom-light: #897ed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.56,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48887,
    "c": 0.18565,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.10663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CC6

secondary

#D0CF9A

accent

#D84CDC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EEFA

border

#CBC9D3

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CC6

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

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