#494FE6#494FE6

#494FE6 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.223 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494FE6
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 230)
HSL	hsl(238, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(238, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 45.05, -77.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 89.24, 300.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.0149 -0.2225)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.223 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8218, 12.7197, 76.2581)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494FE6 #E6E049

analogous

#499EE6 #494FE6 #9249E6

triadic

#494FE6 #E6494F #4FE649

tetradic

#494FE6 #E6499E #E6E049 #49E692

square

#494FE6 #E6499E #E6E049 #49E692

split-complementary

#494FE6 #E69249 #9EE649

monochromatic

#161B9F #1D24D5 #494FE6 #7F83ED #B5B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#494FE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#494FE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494FE6

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494FE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494FE6	1.00	5.92	3.54	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494fe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.223 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f81ef',
    500: '#494fe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494fe6;
$custom-light: #8f81ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494fe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.707,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52142,
    "c": 0.22299,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494FE6

secondary

#E4E2A7

accent

#EB35F2

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFD

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #494FE6

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

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