#495AD8#495AD8

#495AD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.192 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AD8
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 216)
HSL	hsl(233, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(233, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 58.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 33.63, -66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 74.71, 296.76°)
OKLab	oklab(52.85% 0.0074 -0.1921)
OKLCH	oklch(52.85% 0.192 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7943, 13.6849, 66.6034)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AD8 #D8C749

analogous

#49A2D8 #495AD8 #8049D8

triadic

#495AD8 #D8495A #5AD849

tetradic

#495AD8 #D849A2 #D8C749 #49D880

square

#495AD8 #D849A2 #D8C749 #49D880

split-complementary

#495AD8 #D88049 #A2D849

monochromatic

#1D2A89 #283ABC #495AD8 #7B88E3 #AEB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#495AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#495AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AD8

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AD8	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.192 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c88e5',
    500: '#495ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ad8;
$custom-light: #8c88e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.867,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52851,
    "c": 0.19228,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AD8

secondary

#DCD5A1

accent

#D440E8

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2EFFC

border

#CCCAD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AD8

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

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