#495BB9#495BB9

#495BB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.149 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BB9
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 185)
HSL	hsl(230, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(230, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 50.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.85, 22.32, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.85, 56.52, 293.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.71% 0.005 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(50.71% 0.149 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2428, 12.4002, 47.4798)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BB9 #B9A749

analogous

#4993B9 #495BB9 #6F49B9

triadic

#495BB9 #B9495B #5BB949

tetradic

#495BB9 #B94993 #B9A749 #49B96F

square

#495BB9 #B94993 #B9A749 #49B96F

split-complementary

#495BB9 #B96F49 #93B949

monochromatic

#262F62 #37458E #495BB9 #7583CA #A1ABDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#495BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#495BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BB9

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BB9	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2868BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D5EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.149 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689cf',
    500: '#495bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bb9;
$custom-light: #8689cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.357,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50709,
    "c": 0.14873,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BB9

secondary

#C8C096

accent

#C054D4

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BB9

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

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