#494FE1#494FE1

#494FE1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.217 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FE1
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 225)
HSL	hsl(238, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, 43.40, -74.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 86.55, 300.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.0153 -0.2162)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.217 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1297, 12.4429, 72.6132)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FE1 #E1DB49

analogous

#499BE1 #494FE1 #8F49E1

triadic

#494FE1 #E1494F #4FE149

tetradic

#494FE1 #E1499B #E1DB49 #49E18F

square

#494FE1 #E1499B #E1DB49 #49E18F

split-complementary

#494FE1 #E18F49 #9BE149

monochromatic

#191E97 #2228CB #494FE1 #7E82EA #B2B5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#494FE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#494FE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FE1

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FE1	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.217 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e81ec',
    500: '#494fe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fe1;
$custom-light: #8e81ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.632,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51701,
    "c": 0.21676,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FE1

secondary

#E1DFA5

accent

#E739EE

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FE1

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

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