#494DE4#494DE4

#494DE4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.223 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494DE4
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 228)
HSL	hsl(238, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 66.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.73, 45.57, -76.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.73, 89.39, 300.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.0164 -0.2221)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.223 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4005, 12.3238, 74.7401)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494DE4 #E4E049

analogous

#499AE4 #494DE4 #9349E4

triadic

#494DE4 #E4494D #4DE449

tetradic

#494DE4 #E4499A #E4E049 #49E493

square

#494DE4 #E4499A #E4E049 #49E493

split-complementary

#494DE4 #E49349 #9AE449

monochromatic

#171A9C #1F24D1 #494DE4 #7E81EC #B4B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#494DE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#494DE4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494DE4

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494DE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494DE4	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494de4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.223 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7fee',
    500: '#494de4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494de4;
$custom-light: #8f7fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494de4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.452,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51645,
    "c": 0.22271,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494DE4

secondary

#E3E1A6

accent

#EC37F1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494DE4

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

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