#495BB1#495BB1

#495BB1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.137 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BB1
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 177)
HSL	hsl(230, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(230, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 48.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 19.57, -48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 51.90, 292.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.0041 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.137 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4219, 12.0718, 43.1566)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BB1 #B19F49

analogous

#498FB1 #495BB1 #6B49B1

triadic

#495BB1 #B1495B #5BB149

tetradic

#495BB1 #B1498F #B19F49 #49B16B

square

#495BB1 #B1498F #B19F49 #49B16B

split-complementary

#495BB1 #B16B49 #8FB149

monochromatic

#252E5A #374586 #495BB1 #7281C5 #9EA7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#495BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#495BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BB1

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BB1	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3166B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#205DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.137 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8589c9',
    500: '#495bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bb1;
$custom-light: #8589c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.615,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50154,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BB1

secondary

#C3BB92

accent

#BC56D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BB1

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

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