#495ABE#495ABE

#495ABE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.157 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495ABE
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 190)
HSL	hsl(231, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(231, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 52.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, 24.68, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 60.04, 294.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.0064 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.157 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6950, 12.4452, 50.2803)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495ABE #BEAD49

analogous

#4995BE #495ABE #7349BE

triadic

#495ABE #BE495A #5ABE49

tetradic

#495ABE #BE4995 #BEAD49 #49BE73

square

#495ABE #BE4995 #BEAD49 #49BE73

split-complementary

#495ABE #BE7349 #95BE49

monochromatic

#252F68 #354395 #495ABE #7683CE #A3ACDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#495ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#495ABE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495ABE

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495ABE	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D68C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.157 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8788d2',
    500: '#495abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495abe;
$custom-light: #8788d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.282,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50869,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495ABE

secondary

#CBC498

accent

#C351D7

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495ABE

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

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