#494ED7#494ED7

#494ED7 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.205 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494ED7
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 215)
HSL	hsl(238, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 63.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 40.67, -70.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 81.75, 299.84°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.0168 -0.2046)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.205 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7337, 11.7700, 65.6141)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494ED7 #D7D249

analogous

#4995D7 #494ED7 #8B49D7

triadic

#494ED7 #D7494E #4ED749

tetradic

#494ED7 #D74995 #D7D249 #49D78B

square

#494ED7 #D74995 #D7D249 #49D78B

split-complementary

#494ED7 #D78B49 #95D749

monochromatic

#1E2288 #292EBA #494ED7 #7B7FE2 #ADB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#494ED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#494ED7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494ED7

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494ED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494ED7	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.205 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c80e4',
    500: '#494ed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ed7;
$custom-light: #8c80e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.887,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50667,
    "c": 0.20528,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494ED7

secondary

#DBD9A1

accent

#E141E7

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494ED7

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

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