#494CDE#494CDE

#494CDE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.216 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#494CDE
RGBrgb(73, 76, 222)
HSLhsl(239, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(239, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.1%, 65.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(40.99, 44.19, -74.69)
CIE-LCHlch(40.99, 86.78, 300.61°)
OKLaboklab(50.95% 0.0177 -0.2156)
OKLCHoklch(50.95% 0.216 274.7)
XYZxyz(18.5125, 11.8576, 70.4062)
Luminance0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#494CDE #DEDB49
analogous
#4996DE #494CDE #9049DE
triadic
#494CDE #DE494C #4CDE49
tetradic
#494CDE #DE4996 #DEDB49 #49DE90
square
#494CDE #DE4996 #DEDB49 #49DE90
split-complementary
#494CDE #DE9049 #96DE49
monochromatic
#1A1D92 #2427C6 #494CDE #7D7FE7 #B1B2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23
#494CDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37
#494CDE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CDE
6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##494CDE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##494CDE1.006.233.376.23
#FFFFFF6.231.0021.001.00
#0000003.3721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.231.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0067E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005ADB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00738E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #494cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.216 274.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e7fe9',
    500: '#494cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #494cde;
$custom-light: #8e7fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#494cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.792,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50951,
    "c": 0.21637,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#494CDE
secondary
#DFDEA4
accent
#E93CEC
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EEFD
border
#CCC9D5
text
#0E0A16
muted
#7E7C84

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