#495B9A#495B9A

#495B9A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.104 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495B9A
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 154)
HSL	hsl(227, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(227, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 40.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 11.80, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 38.45, 287.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.0003 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.104 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.3196, 11.2309, 32.0842)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495B9A #9A8849

analogous

#49849A #495B9A #60499A

triadic

#495B9A #9A495B #5B9A49

tetradic

#495B9A #9A4984 #9A8849 #499A60

square

#495B9A #9A4984 #9A8849 #499A60

split-complementary

#495B9A #9A6049 #849A49

monochromatic

#222A47 #354270 #495B9A #697AB8 #929FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#495B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#495B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495B9A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495B9A	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42629C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.104 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8189b8',
    500: '#495b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495b9a;
$custom-light: #8189b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48671,
    "c": 0.10363,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495B9A

secondary

#B7AD88

accent

#B35CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFEFF6

border

#CACAD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #495B9A

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

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