#495BB3#495BB3

#495BB3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.140 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BB3
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 179)
HSL	hsl(230, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(230, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 49.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, 20.26, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 53.06, 292.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.29% 0.0044 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(50.29% 0.14 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6227, 12.1522, 44.2141)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BB3 #B3A149

analogous

#4990B3 #495BB3 #6C49B3

triadic

#495BB3 #B3495B #5BB349

tetradic

#495BB3 #B34990 #B3A149 #49B36C

square

#495BB3 #B34990 #B3A149 #49B36C

split-complementary

#495BB3 #B36C49 #90B349

monochromatic

#262F5C #374588 #495BB3 #7381C6 #9FA8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#495BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#495BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BB3

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BB3	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F67B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.140 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8589ca',
    500: '#495bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bb3;
$custom-light: #8589ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.811,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50291,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BB3

secondary

#C4BC93

accent

#BD56D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BB3

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

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