#495AA9#495AA9

#495AA9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.127 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AA9
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 169)
HSL	hsl(229, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(229, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 46.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, 17.48, -44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 47.89, 291.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.41% 0.0042 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(49.41% 0.127 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5629, 11.5924, 39.0513)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AA9 #A99849

analogous

#498AA9 #495AA9 #6849A9

triadic

#495AA9 #A9495A #5AA949

tetradic

#495AA9 #A9498A #A99849 #49A968

square

#495AA9 #A9498A #A99849 #49A968

split-complementary

#495AA9 #A96849 #8AA949

monochromatic

#242C54 #37437E #495AA9 #6F7DC1 #99A4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#495AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#495AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AA9

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AA9	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3664AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#295CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F6C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.127 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8388c3',
    500: '#495aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495aa9;
$custom-light: #8388c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.375,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49409,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AA9

secondary

#BFB78E

accent

#BA58D0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0B0B12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AA9

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

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