#495AB6#495AB6

#495AB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.146 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AB6
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 182)
HSL	hsl(231, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(231, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 50.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, 21.93, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 55.44, 293.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.0058 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.146 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8445, 12.1050, 45.8011)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AB6 #B6A549

analogous

#4991B6 #495AB6 #6E49B6

triadic

#495AB6 #B6495A #5AB649

tetradic

#495AB6 #B64991 #B6A549 #49B66E

square

#495AB6 #B64991 #B6A549 #49B66E

split-complementary

#495AB6 #B66E49 #91B649

monochromatic

#262F5F #37448A #495AB6 #7582C8 #A0A9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#495AB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#495AB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AB6

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AB6	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2967B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#125DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.146 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8588cc',
    500: '#495ab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ab6;
$custom-light: #8588cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.642,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50297,
    "c": 0.1458,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AB6

secondary

#C6BE95

accent

#BF55D3

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AB6

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

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