#495BBB#495BBB

#495BBB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.152 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BBB
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 187)
HSL	hsl(231, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(231, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 51.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 23.01, -52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 57.67, 293.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.0052 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.152 272)
XYZ	xyz(15.4554, 12.4852, 48.5995)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BBB #BBA949

analogous

#4994BB #495BBB #7049BB

triadic

#495BBB #BB495B #5BBB49

tetradic

#495BBB #BB4994 #BBA949 #49BB70

square

#495BBB #BB4994 #BBA949 #49BB70

split-complementary

#495BBB #BB7049 #94BB49

monochromatic

#252F64 #364491 #495BBB #7683CC #A2ABDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#495BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#495BBB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BBB

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BBB	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2568BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#045EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.152 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689d0',
    500: '#495bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bbb;
$custom-light: #8689d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50851,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.12486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BBB

secondary

#C9C197

accent

#C153D5

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BBB

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

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