#495AE3#495AE3

#495AE3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.207 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495AE3
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 227)
HSL	hsl(233, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(233, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 60.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 37.40, -71.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 80.77, 297.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% 0.0073 -0.2065)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.207 272)
XYZ	xyz(20.2643, 14.2729, 74.3452)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495AE3 #E3D249

analogous

#49A7E3 #495AE3 #8549E3

triadic

#495AE3 #E3495A #5AE349

tetradic

#495AE3 #E349A7 #E3D249 #49E385

square

#495AE3 #E349A7 #E3D249 #49E385

split-complementary

#495AE3 #E38549 #A7E349

monochromatic

#18269A #2033CF #495AE3 #7E8AEB #B3BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#495AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#495AE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495AE3

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495AE3	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.207 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e88ed',
    500: '#495ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ae3;
$custom-light: #8e88ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.377,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5374,
    "c": 0.20662,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.14275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495AE3

secondary

#E2DCA6

accent

#DC38F0

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495AE3

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

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