#494ED8#494ED8

#494ED8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.207 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494ED8
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 216)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 63.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 41.01, -71.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 82.30, 299.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.0168 -0.2059)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.207 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8626, 11.8215, 66.2929)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494ED8 #D8D349

analogous

#4996D8 #494ED8 #8C49D8

triadic

#494ED8 #D8494E #4ED849

tetradic

#494ED8 #D84996 #D8D349 #49D88C

square

#494ED8 #D84996 #D8D349 #49D88C

split-complementary

#494ED8 #D88C49 #96D849

monochromatic

#1D2189 #282DBC #494ED8 #7B7FE3 #AEB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#494ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#494ED8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494ED8

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494ED8	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.207 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c80e5',
    500: '#494ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ed8;
$custom-light: #8c80e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.902,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50753,
    "c": 0.20655,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494ED8

secondary

#DCDAA1

accent

#E240E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494ED8

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

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