#495BC7#495BC7

#495BC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.168 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BC7
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 199)
HSL	hsl(231, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(231, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 54.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 27.15, -58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 64.52, 294.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.0061 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.168 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7941, 13.0207, 55.6500)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BC7 #C7B549

analogous

#499AC7 #495BC7 #7649C7

triadic

#495BC7 #C7495B #5BC749

tetradic

#495BC7 #C7499A #C7B549 #49C776

square

#495BC7 #C7499A #C7B549 #49C776

split-complementary

#495BC7 #C77649 #9AC749

monochromatic

#232F72 #3242A1 #495BC7 #7885D5 #A7AFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#495BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#495BC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BC7

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BC7	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B6BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.168 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8889d9',
    500: '#495bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bc7;
$custom-light: #8889d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51727,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BC7

secondary

#D1C99B

accent

#C84BDC

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0F0FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BC7

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

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