#495AD4#495AD4

#495AD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.187 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AD4
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 212)
HSL	hsl(233, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(233, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 57.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 32.26, -64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 72.48, 296.43°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.0074 -0.1868)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.187 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2835, 13.4806, 63.9131)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AD4 #D4C349

analogous

#499FD4 #495AD4 #7D49D4

triadic

#495AD4 #D4495A #5AD449

tetradic

#495AD4 #D4499F #D4C349 #49D47D

square

#495AD4 #D4499F #D4C349 #49D47D

split-complementary

#495AD4 #D47D49 #9FD449

monochromatic

#1F2B84 #2B3CB5 #495AD4 #7B87E0 #ACB4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#495AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#495AD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AD4

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AD4	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00788E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.187 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b88e2',
    500: '#495ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ad4;
$custom-light: #8b88e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.662,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52535,
    "c": 0.18699,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AD4

secondary

#D9D2A0

accent

#D143E5

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F1EFFC

border

#CBCAD5

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AD4

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

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