#494DE5#494DE5

#494DE5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.224 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494DE5
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 229)
HSL	hsl(238, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 45.90, -77.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 89.92, 300.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.0163 -0.2234)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.224 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5397, 12.3795, 75.4733)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494DE5 #E5E149

analogous

#499BE5 #494DE5 #9349E5

triadic

#494DE5 #E5494D #4DE549

tetradic

#494DE5 #E5499B #E5E149 #49E593

square

#494DE5 #E5499B #E5E149 #49E593

split-complementary

#494DE5 #E59349 #9BE549

monochromatic

#161A9D #1E23D3 #494DE5 #7F81ED #B4B6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#494DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#494DE5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494DE5

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494DE5	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.224 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7fee',
    500: '#494de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494de5;
$custom-light: #8f7fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51735,
    "c": 0.22395,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494DE5

secondary

#E3E2A6

accent

#ED36F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #494DE5

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

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