#494EE2#494EE2

#494EE2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.219 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494EE2
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 65.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.77, 44.32, -75.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.77, 87.71, 300.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% 0.0159 -0.2185)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.219 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1950, 12.3545, 73.3098)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494EE2 #E2DD49

analogous

#499AE2 #494EE2 #9049E2

triadic

#494EE2 #E2494E #4EE249

tetradic

#494EE2 #E2499A #E2DD49 #49E290

square

#494EE2 #E2499A #E2DD49 #49E290

split-complementary

#494EE2 #E29049 #9AE249

monochromatic

#181C98 #2126CD #494EE2 #7E81EA #B3B5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#494EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#494EE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494EE2

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494EE2	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.219 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e80ec',
    500: '#494ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ee2;
$custom-light: #8e80ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.039,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51627,
    "c": 0.21913,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494EE2

secondary

#E2E0A5

accent

#E939EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494EE2

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

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