#495BBC#495BBC

#495BBC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.153 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BBC
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 188)
HSL	hsl(231, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(231, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 51.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, 23.35, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 58.25, 293.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.0053 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.153 272)
XYZ	xyz(15.5628, 12.5282, 49.1653)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BBC #BCAA49

analogous

#4994BC #495BBC #7049BC

triadic

#495BBC #BC495B #5BBC49

tetradic

#495BBC #BC4994 #BCAA49 #49BC70

square

#495BBC #BC4994 #BCAA49 #49BC70

split-complementary

#495BBC #BC7049 #94BC49

monochromatic

#252F65 #364492 #495BBC #7683CC #A2ACDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#495BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#495BBC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BBC

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BBC	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2468BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.153 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689d1',
    500: '#495bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bbc;
$custom-light: #8689d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50923,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.12529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BBC

secondary

#CAC297

accent

#C152D6

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BBC

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

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