#494ED5#494ED5

#494ED5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.203 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#494ED5
RGBrgb(73, 78, 213)
HSLhsl(238, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(238, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 63.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(40.68, 40.01, -70.04)
CIE-LCHlch(40.68, 80.66, 299.74°)
OKLaboklab(50.5% 0.017 -0.202)
OKLCHoklch(50.5% 0.203 274.8)
XYZxyz(17.4783, 11.6678, 64.2689)
Luminance0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#494ED5 #D5D049
analogous
#4994D5 #494ED5 #8A49D5
triadic
#494ED5 #D5494E #4ED549
tetradic
#494ED5 #D54994 #D5D049 #49D58A
square
#494ED5 #D54994 #D5D049 #49D58A
split-complementary
#494ED5 #D58A49 #94D549
monochromatic
#1F2285 #2A2FB7 #494ED5 #7B7EE0 #ACAFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30
#494ED5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33
#494ED5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494ED5
6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##494ED5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##494ED51.006.303.336.30
#FFFFFF6.301.0021.001.00
#0000003.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.301.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0066D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005AD2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00718A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #494ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.203 274.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c80e3',
    500: '#494ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #494ed5;
$custom-light: #8c80e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#494ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50495,
    "c": 0.20272,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#494ED5
secondary
#DAD8A0
accent
#E042E6
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EEFC
border
#CCC9D5
text
#0D0A16
muted
#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494ED5

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#494ED5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva