#495B9D#495B9D

#495B9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.108 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495B9D
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 157)
HSL	hsl(227, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(227, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 42%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.13, 12.80, -38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.13, 40.21, 288.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.0009 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.108 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5726, 11.3321, 33.4166)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495B9D #9D8B49

analogous

#49859D #495B9D #61499D

triadic

#495B9D #9D495B #5B9D49

tetradic

#495B9D #9D4985 #9D8B49 #499D61

square

#495B9D #9D4985 #9D8B49 #499D61

split-complementary

#495B9D #9D6149 #859D49

monochromatic

#222B49 #364373 #495B9D #6A7BBA #93A0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#495B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#495B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495B9D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495B9D	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4062A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#216974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.108 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8289ba',
    500: '#495b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495b9d;
$custom-light: #8289ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48854,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495B9D

secondary

#B9AF89

accent

#B45BCD

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFEFF6

border

#CACAD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #495B9D

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

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