#495AC9#495AC9

#495AC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.172 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AC9
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 201)
HSL	hsl(232, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(232, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 55.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.68, 28.47, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.68, 66.30, 295.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.0071 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.172 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9429, 12.9444, 56.8527)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AC9 #C9B849

analogous

#499AC9 #495AC9 #7849C9

triadic

#495AC9 #C9495A #5AC949

tetradic

#495AC9 #C9499A #C9B849 #49C978

square

#495AC9 #C9499A #C9B849 #49C978

split-complementary

#495AC9 #C97849 #9AC949

monochromatic

#232E75 #3140A4 #495AC9 #7885D7 #A7B0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#495AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#495AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AC9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AC9	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.172 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8988da',
    500: '#495ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ac9;
$custom-light: #8988da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.031,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51686,
    "c": 0.1722,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AC9

secondary

#D2CB9C

accent

#CA4ADE

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1EFFB

border

#CBCAD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AC9

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

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