#495AB9#495AB9

#495AB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.150 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AB9
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 185)
HSL	hsl(231, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(231, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 51.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, 22.96, -52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 57.17, 293.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.51% 0.006 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(50.51% 0.15 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1579, 12.2304, 47.4515)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AB9 #B9A849

analogous

#4992B9 #495AB9 #7049B9

triadic

#495AB9 #B9495A #5AB949

tetradic

#495AB9 #B94992 #B9A849 #49B970

square

#495AB9 #B94992 #B9A849 #49B970

split-complementary

#495AB9 #B97049 #92B949

monochromatic

#262F62 #37448E #495AB9 #7582CA #A1AADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#495AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#495AB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AB9

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AB9	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2567BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#065DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.150 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8688cf',
    500: '#495ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ab9;
$custom-light: #8688cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.893,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50509,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AB9

secondary

#C8C096

accent

#C154D4

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AB9

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

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