#495B8A#495B8A
#495B8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.079 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #495B8A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(73, 91, 138) |
| HSL | hsl(223, 31%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(223, 47%, 54%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(47.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 45.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(39.13, 6.60, -28.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(39.13, 29.04, 283.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(47.75% -0.0036 -0.0794) |
| OKLCH | oklch(47.75% 0.079 267.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.0747, 10.7330, 25.5279) |
| Luminance | 0.1073 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | blue |
Closest named colors
Dusky Blue
#475F94
ΔE00 2.34
Denim Blue
#3B5B92
ΔE00 3.53
Dusk
#4E5481
ΔE00 4.05
Twilight
#4E518B
ΔE00 4.72
Light Navy Blue
#2E5A88
ΔE00 6.14
Denim (survey)
#3B638C
ΔE00 6.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#495B8A #8A7849
analogous
#497C8A #495B8A #58498A
triadic
#495B8A #8A495B #5B8A49
tetradic
#495B8A #8A497C #8A7849 #498A58
square
#495B8A #8A497C #8A7849 #498A58
split-complementary
#495B8A #8A5849 #7C8A49
monochromatic
#1F263A #344162 #495B8A #6378AD #8B9BC2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
6.67
#495B8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
3.15
#495B8A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #495B8A
6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##495B8A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##495B8A | 1.00 | 6.67 | 3.15 | 6.67 |
| #FFFFFF | 6.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 3.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 6.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4A5F8C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#435989
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#31656C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #495b8a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 138); /* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.079 267.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#7f89ac',
500: '#495b8a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #495b8a; $custom-light: #7f89ac; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#495b8a",
"rgb": {
"r": 73,
"g": 91,
"b": 138
},
"hsl": {
"h": 223.385,
"s": 30.806,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.47747,
"c": 0.07949,
"h": 267.4
},
"luminance": 0.10734
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#495B8A
secondary
#AEA181
accent
#AB61C7
background
#F7F8FA
surface
#EEF0F4
border
#C9CBCE
text
#0A0B10
muted
#7C7C7F