#494EDB#494EDB

#494EDB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.210 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#494EDB
RGBrgb(73, 78, 219)
HSLhsl(238, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(238, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 64.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(41.18, 42.01, -72.66)
CIE-LCHlch(41.18, 83.93, 300.03°)
OKLaboklab(51.01% 0.0165 -0.2097)
OKLCHoklch(51.01% 0.21 274.5)
XYZxyz(18.2540, 11.9781, 68.3541)
Luminance0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#494EDB #DBD649
analogous
#4997DB #494EDB #8D49DB
triadic
#494EDB #DB494E #4EDB49
tetradic
#494EDB #DB4997 #DBD649 #49DB8D
square
#494EDB #DB4997 #DBD649 #49DB8D
split-complementary
#494EDB #DB8D49 #97DB49
monochromatic
#1C208E #262BC1 #494EDB #7C80E5 #AFB1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18
#494EDB on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40
#494EDB on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494EDB
6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##494EDB#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##494EDB1.006.183.406.18
#FFFFFF6.181.0021.001.00
#0000003.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.181.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0068DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#005BD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00738D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #494edb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.210 274.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d80e7',
    500: '#494edb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #494edb;
$custom-light: #8d80e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#494edb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.945,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51013,
    "c": 0.21035,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#494EDB
secondary
#DDDBA2
accent
#E43EEA
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EEFD
border
#CCC9D5
text
#0E0A16
muted
#7E7C84

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