#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
RGBrgb(73, 78, 230)
HSLhsl(238, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(238, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 66.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(42.12, 45.64, -77.39)
CIE-LCHlch(42.12, 89.85, 300.53°)
OKLaboklab(51.98% 0.0155 -0.2235)
OKLCHoklch(51.98% 0.224 274)
XYZxyz(19.7502, 12.5766, 76.2343)
Luminance0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

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
##494EE61.005.973.525.97
#FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00
#0000003.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00

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

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#494EE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva