#495BB6#495BB6

#495BB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.144 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BB6
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 182)
HSL	hsl(230, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(230, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 50%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.65, 21.29, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.65, 54.79, 292.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.0047 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.144 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9294, 12.2749, 45.8294)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BB6 #B6A449

analogous

#4991B6 #495BB6 #6E49B6

triadic

#495BB6 #B6495B #5BB649

tetradic

#495BB6 #B64991 #B6A449 #49B66E

square

#495BB6 #B64991 #B6A449 #49B66E

split-complementary

#495BB6 #B66E49 #91B649

monochromatic

#262F5F #37458A #495BB6 #7582C8 #A0AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#495BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#495BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BB6

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BB6	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B67B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#165EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.144 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8589cc',
    500: '#495bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bb6;
$custom-light: #8589cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.092,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50499,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BB6

secondary

#C6BE95

accent

#BE55D3

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BB6

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

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