#494CE4#494CE4

#494CE4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.224 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494CE4
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 228)
HSL	hsl(239, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(239, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 66.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, 46.16, -77.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 89.99, 300.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.017 -0.2232)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.224 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3310, 12.1850, 74.7169)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494CE4 #E4E149

analogous

#499AE4 #494CE4 #9449E4

triadic

#494CE4 #E4494C #4CE449

tetradic

#494CE4 #E4499A #E4E149 #49E494

square

#494CE4 #E4499A #E4E149 #49E494

split-complementary

#494CE4 #E49449 #9AE449

monochromatic

#171A9C #1F22D1 #494CE4 #7E80EC #B4B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#494CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#494CE4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494CE4

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494CE4	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.224 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7fee',
    500: '#494ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ce4;
$custom-light: #8f7fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.839,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51487,
    "c": 0.22381,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494CE4

secondary

#E3E2A6

accent

#ED37F1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #494CE4

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

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