#494EE4#494EE4

#494EE4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.222 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494EE4
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 228)
HSL	hsl(238, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 65.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 44.98, -76.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 88.78, 300.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.0157 -0.2211)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.222 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4710, 12.4649, 74.7636)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494EE4 #E4DF49

analogous

#499BE4 #494EE4 #9249E4

triadic

#494EE4 #E4494E #4EE449

tetradic

#494EE4 #E4499B #E4DF49 #49E492

square

#494EE4 #E4499B #E4DF49 #49E492

split-complementary

#494EE4 #E49249 #9BE449

monochromatic

#171B9C #1F25D1 #494EE4 #7E82EC #B4B6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#494EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#494EE4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494EE4

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494EE4	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.222 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f80ee',
    500: '#494ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ee4;
$custom-light: #8f80ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.065,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51804,
    "c": 0.22162,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494EE4

secondary

#E3E1A6

accent

#EB37F1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494EE4

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

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