#495AC8#495AC8

#495AC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.171 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AC8
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 200)
HSL	hsl(232, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(232, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 55%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 28.12, -59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 65.74, 295.33°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% 0.007 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.171 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8257, 12.8975, 56.2352)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AC8 #C8B749

analogous

#4999C8 #495AC8 #7849C8

triadic

#495AC8 #C8495A #5AC849

tetradic

#495AC8 #C84999 #C8B749 #49C878

square

#495AC8 #C84999 #C8B749 #49C878

split-complementary

#495AC8 #C87849 #99C849

monochromatic

#232E74 #3140A3 #495AC8 #7885D6 #A7AFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#495AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#495AC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AC8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AC8	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.171 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8988d9',
    500: '#495ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ac8;
$custom-light: #8988d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.969,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5161,
    "c": 0.17083,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AC8

secondary

#D2CA9B

accent

#C94BDD

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AC8

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

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