#495BAD#495BAD

#495BAD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.132 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BAD
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 173)
HSL	hsl(229, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(229, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 47.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 18.21, -46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 49.58, 291.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% 0.0036 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.132 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0291, 11.9147, 41.0875)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BAD #AD9B49

analogous

#498DAD #495BAD #6949AD

triadic

#495BAD #AD495B #5BAD49

tetradic

#495BAD #AD498D #AD9B49 #49AD69

square

#495BAD #AD498D #AD9B49 #49AD69

split-complementary

#495BAD #AD6949 #8DAD49

monochromatic

#252E57 #374482 #495BAD #707FC3 #9BA6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#495BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#495BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BAD

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BAD	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3465B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#265DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#036D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.132 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8489c6',
    500: '#495bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bad;
$custom-light: #8489c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.2,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49883,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BAD

secondary

#C1B990

accent

#BB57D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0B0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BAD

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

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