#495AA4#495AA4

#495AA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.120 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AA4
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 164)
HSL	hsl(229, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(229, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 45.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, 15.79, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 44.96, 290.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% 0.0034 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.12 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1025, 11.4082, 36.6263)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AA4 #A49349

analogous

#4988A4 #495AA4 #6649A4

triadic

#495AA4 #A4495A #5AA449

tetradic

#495AA4 #A44988 #A49349 #49A466

square

#495AA4 #A44988 #A49349 #49A466

split-complementary

#495AA4 #A46649 #88A449

monochromatic

#232C4F #36437A #495AA4 #6C7CBE #97A2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#495AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#495AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AA4

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AA4	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A63A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E5BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#196A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.120 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8388bf',
    500: '#495aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495aa4;
$custom-light: #8388bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.791,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49082,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AA4

secondary

#BDB48C

accent

#B859CE

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFEFF7

border

#CACAD0

text

#0B0B12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AA4

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

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