#495BAE#495BAE

#495BAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.133 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BAE
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 174)
HSL	hsl(229, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(229, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 47.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 18.55, -46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 50.16, 291.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.0038 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.133 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1262, 11.9536, 41.5991)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BAE #AE9C49

analogous

#498DAE #495BAE #6949AE

triadic

#495BAE #AE495B #5BAE49

tetradic

#495BAE #AE498D #AE9C49 #49AE69

square

#495BAE #AE498D #AE9C49 #49AE69

split-complementary

#495BAE #AE6949 #8DAE49

monochromatic

#252E58 #374483 #495BAE #7180C3 #9CA6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#495BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#495BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BAE

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BAE	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3366B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#245DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.133 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8489c7',
    500: '#495bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bae;
$custom-light: #8489c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.307,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49951,
    "c": 0.13304,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BAE

secondary

#C2B991

accent

#BB57D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BAE

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

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