#495AE2#495AE2

#495AE2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.205 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AE2
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 226)
HSL	hsl(233, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(233, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 60.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, 37.06, -71.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 80.23, 297.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.0073 -0.2052)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.205 272)
XYZ	xyz(20.1267, 14.2179, 73.6204)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AE2 #E2D149

analogous

#49A6E2 #495AE2 #8449E2

triadic

#495AE2 #E2495A #5AE249

tetradic

#495AE2 #E249A6 #E2D149 #49E284

square

#495AE2 #E249A6 #E2D149 #49E284

split-complementary

#495AE2 #E28449 #A6E249

monochromatic

#182798 #2134CD #495AE2 #7E8AEA #B3BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#495AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#495AE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AE2

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AE2	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.205 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e88ec',
    500: '#495ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ae2;
$custom-light: #8e88ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53658,
    "c": 0.20533,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.1422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AE2

secondary

#E2DBA5

accent

#DB39EF

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AE2

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

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