#494ED9#494ED9

#494ED9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.208 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494ED9
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(238, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 41.34, -71.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 82.84, 299.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.0167 -0.2071)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.208 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9923, 11.8734, 66.9758)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494ED9 #D9D449

analogous

#4996D9 #494ED9 #8C49D9

triadic

#494ED9 #D9494E #4ED949

tetradic

#494ED9 #D94996 #D9D449 #49D98C

square

#494ED9 #D94996 #D9D449 #49D98C

split-complementary

#494ED9 #D98C49 #96D949

monochromatic

#1D218B #282DBD #494ED9 #7C7FE4 #AEB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#494ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#494ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494ED9

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494ED9	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.208 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d80e6',
    500: '#494ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ed9;
$custom-light: #8d80e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.917,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5084,
    "c": 0.20782,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494ED9

secondary

#DCDAA2

accent

#E33FE8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494ED9

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

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