#495BB8#495BB8

#495BB8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.147 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BB8
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 184)
HSL	hsl(230, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(230, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 50.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.78, 21.97, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.78, 55.95, 293.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% 0.0049 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.147 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1376, 12.3581, 46.9258)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BB8 #B8A649

analogous

#4993B8 #495BB8 #6E49B8

triadic

#495BB8 #B8495B #5BB849

tetradic

#495BB8 #B84993 #B8A649 #49B86E

square

#495BB8 #B84993 #B8A649 #49B86E

split-complementary

#495BB8 #B86E49 #93B849

monochromatic

#262F61 #37458D #495BB8 #7583C9 #A1AADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#495BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#495BB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BB8

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BB8	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2968BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#105EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.147 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689ce',
    500: '#495bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bb8;
$custom-light: #8689ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.27,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50639,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BB8

secondary

#C7BF96

accent

#BF54D4

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BB8

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

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