#495AAD#495AAD

#495AAD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.133 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AAD
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 173)
HSL	hsl(230, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(230, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 48%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 18.85, -46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 50.22, 292.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.0047 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.133 272)
XYZ	xyz(13.9442, 11.7449, 41.0592)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AAD #AD9C49

analogous

#498CAD #495AAD #6A49AD

triadic

#495AAD #AD495A #5AAD49

tetradic

#495AAD #AD498C #AD9C49 #49AD6A

square

#495AAD #AD498C #AD9C49 #49AD6A

split-complementary

#495AAD #AD6A49 #8CAD49

monochromatic

#252D57 #374482 #495AAD #707EC3 #9BA5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#495AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#495AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AAD

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AAD	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3265B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#235CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#046D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.133 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8488c6',
    500: '#495aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495aad;
$custom-light: #8488c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.8,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49676,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.11746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AAD

secondary

#C1B990

accent

#BC57D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0B0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AAD

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

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