#495A8A#495A8A

#495A8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.081 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495A8A
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 138)
HSL	hsl(224, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(224, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 34.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.83, 7.23, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.83, 29.63, 284.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% -0.0023 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.081 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9898, 10.5631, 25.4996)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495A8A #8A7949

analogous

#497B8A #495A8A #59498A

triadic

#495A8A #8A495A #5A8A49

tetradic

#495A8A #8A497B #8A7949 #498A59

square

#495A8A #8A497B #8A7949 #498A59

split-complementary

#495A8A #8A5949 #7B8A49

monochromatic

#1F263A #344062 #495A8A #6377AD #8B9AC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#495A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#495A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495A8A

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495A8A	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31646B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.081 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f88ac',
    500: '#495a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495a8a;
$custom-light: #7f88ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.308,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47521,
    "c": 0.08077,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495A8A

secondary

#AEA281

accent

#AC61C7

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EEEFF4

border

#C9CACE

text

#0A0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495A8A

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

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