#494CE2#494CE2

#494CE2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.221 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CE2
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 226)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(239, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 66.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 45.50, -76.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 88.93, 300.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.0173 -0.2207)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.221 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0550, 12.0746, 73.2632)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494CE2 #E2DF49

analogous

#4998E2 #494CE2 #9349E2

triadic

#494CE2 #E2494C #4CE249

tetradic

#494CE2 #E24998 #E2DF49 #49E293

square

#494CE2 #E24998 #E2DF49 #49E293

split-complementary

#494CE2 #E29349 #98E249

monochromatic

#181B98 #2124CD #494CE2 #7E80EA #B3B4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#494CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#494CE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CE2

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CE2	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.221 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7fec',
    500: '#494ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ce2;
$custom-light: #8f7fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.824,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51308,
    "c": 0.22134,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CE2

secondary

#E2E0A5

accent

#EC39EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CE2

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

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