#495BB2#495BB2

#495BB2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.139 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BB2
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 178)
HSL	hsl(230, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(230, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 48.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 19.91, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 52.48, 292.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% 0.0043 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.139 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5220, 12.1119, 43.6834)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BB2 #B2A049

analogous

#4990B2 #495BB2 #6C49B2

triadic

#495BB2 #B2495B #5BB249

tetradic

#495BB2 #B24990 #B2A049 #49B26C

square

#495BB2 #B24990 #B2A049 #49B26C

split-complementary

#495BB2 #B26C49 #90B249

monochromatic

#252F5B #374587 #495BB2 #7381C5 #9EA8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#495BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#495BB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BB2

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BB2	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3066B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E5DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.139 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8589c9',
    500: '#495bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bb2;
$custom-light: #8589c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50222,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BB2

secondary

#C4BB93

accent

#BC56D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BB2

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

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