#495BB5#495BB5

#495BB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.143 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BB5
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 181)
HSL	hsl(230, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(230, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 49.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, 20.94, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 54.22, 292.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.0046 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.143 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8265, 12.2337, 45.2871)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BB5 #B5A349

analogous

#4991B5 #495BB5 #6D49B5

triadic

#495BB5 #B5495B #5BB549

tetradic

#495BB5 #B54991 #B5A349 #49B56D

square

#495BB5 #B54991 #B5A349 #49B56D

split-complementary

#495BB5 #B56D49 #91B549

monochromatic

#262F5E #374589 #495BB5 #7482C7 #A0A9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#495BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#495BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BB5

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BB5	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C67B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#185EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.143 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8589cc',
    500: '#495bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bb5;
$custom-light: #8589cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50429,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BB5

secondary

#C5BD94

accent

#BE55D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF9

border

#CBCAD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BB5

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

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