#494EE6#494EE6

#494EE6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.224 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494EE6
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 230)
HSL	hsl(238, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 66.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.12, 45.64, -77.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.12, 89.85, 300.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.0155 -0.2235)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.224 274)
XYZ	xyz(19.7502, 12.5766, 76.2343)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494EE6 #E6E149

analogous

#499DE6 #494EE6 #9349E6

triadic

#494EE6 #E6494E #4EE649

tetradic

#494EE6 #E6499D #E6E149 #49E693

square

#494EE6 #E6499D #E6E149 #49E693

split-complementary

#494EE6 #E69349 #9DE649

monochromatic

#161A9F #1D23D5 #494EE6 #7F82ED #B5B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#494EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#494EE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494EE6

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494EE6	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.224 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f80ef',
    500: '#494ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494ee6;
$custom-light: #8f80ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.089,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51983,
    "c": 0.22409,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.12578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494EE6

secondary

#E4E2A7

accent

#EC35F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #494EE6

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

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