#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
RGBrgb(73, 77, 230)
HSLhsl(238, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(238, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(41.90, 46.23, -77.75)
CIE-LCHlch(41.90, 90.45, 300.74°)
OKLaboklab(51.82% 0.0162 -0.2246)
OKLCHoklch(51.82% 0.225 274.1)
XYZxyz(19.6797, 12.4355, 76.2107)
Luminance0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

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
##494DE61.006.023.496.02
#FFFFFF6.021.0021.001.00
#0000003.4921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.021.0021.001.00

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

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#494DE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva