#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
RGBrgb(73, 91, 138)
HSLhsl(223, 31%, 41%)
HSVhsv(223, 47%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(47.1%, 34.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(39.13, 6.60, -28.28)
CIE-LCHlch(39.13, 29.04, 283.13°)
OKLaboklab(47.75% -0.0036 -0.0794)
OKLCHoklch(47.75% 0.079 267.4)
XYZxyz(11.0747, 10.7330, 25.5279)
Luminance0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

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
##495B8A1.006.673.156.67
#FFFFFF6.671.0021.001.00
#0000003.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.671.0021.001.00

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

Preview Lab

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#495B8A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva