#494DE6#494DE6

#494DE6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.225 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494DE6
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 230)
HSL	hsl(238, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.90, 46.23, -77.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.90, 90.45, 300.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.0162 -0.2246)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.225 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6797, 12.4355, 76.2107)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494DE6 #E6E249

analogous

#499CE6 #494DE6 #9349E6

triadic

#494DE6 #E6494D #4DE649

tetradic

#494DE6 #E6499C #E6E249 #49E693

square

#494DE6 #E6499C #E6E249 #49E693

split-complementary

#494DE6 #E69349 #9CE649

monochromatic

#16199F #1D22D5 #494DE6 #7F82ED #B5B6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#494DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#494DE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494DE6

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494DE6	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.225 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7fef',
    500: '#494de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494de6;
$custom-light: #8f7fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.471,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51824,
    "c": 0.22518,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494DE6

secondary

#E4E2A7

accent

#EE35F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #494DE6

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

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