#494ED4#494ED4

#494ED4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.201 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494ED4
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 212)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 63.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.60, 39.67, -69.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.60, 80.11, 299.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.017 -0.2007)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.201 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3518, 11.6172, 63.6025)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494ED4 #D4CF49

analogous

#4993D4 #494ED4 #8949D4

triadic

#494ED4 #D4494E #4ED449

tetradic

#494ED4 #D44993 #D4CF49 #49D489

square

#494ED4 #D44993 #D4CF49 #49D489

split-complementary

#494ED4 #D48949 #93D449

monochromatic

#1F2384 #2B30B5 #494ED4 #7B7EE0 #ACAEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#494ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#494ED4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494ED4

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494ED4	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.201 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c80e2',
    500: '#494ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ed4;
$custom-light: #8c80e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.842,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5041,
    "c": 0.20144,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494ED4

secondary

#D9D7A0

accent

#DF43E5

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0D0A15

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494ED4

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

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