#494EE3#494EE3

#494EE3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.220 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494EE3
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 227)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 65.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, 44.65, -76.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 88.24, 300.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.0158 -0.2198)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.22 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3326, 12.4095, 74.0346)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494EE3 #E3DE49

analogous

#499BE3 #494EE3 #9149E3

triadic

#494EE3 #E3494E #4EE349

tetradic

#494EE3 #E3499B #E3DE49 #49E391

square

#494EE3 #E3499B #E3DE49 #49E391

split-complementary

#494EE3 #E39149 #9BE349

monochromatic

#181C9A #2026CF #494EE3 #7E82EB #B3B5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#494EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#494EE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494EE3

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494EE3	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.220 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f80ed',
    500: '#494ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ee3;
$custom-light: #8f80ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.052,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51716,
    "c": 0.22038,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494EE3

secondary

#E2E0A6

accent

#EA38F0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494EE3

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

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