#494FE2#494FE2

#494FE2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.218 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FE2
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 65%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 43.73, -75.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 87.09, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.0152 -0.2175)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.218 274)
XYZ	xyz(19.2665, 12.4976, 73.3337)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FE2 #E2DC49

analogous

#499BE2 #494FE2 #8F49E2

triadic

#494FE2 #E2494F #4FE249

tetradic

#494FE2 #E2499B #E2DC49 #49E28F

square

#494FE2 #E2499B #E2DC49 #49E28F

split-complementary

#494FE2 #E28F49 #9BE249

monochromatic

#181D98 #2127CD #494FE2 #7E82EA #B3B5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#494FE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#494FE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FE2

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FE2	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.218 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e81ec',
    500: '#494fe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fe2;
$custom-light: #8e81ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.647,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51789,
    "c": 0.21801,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.12499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FE2

secondary

#E2DFA5

accent

#E839EF

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FE2

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

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