#495BC8#495BC8

#495BC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.170 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BC8
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 200)
HSL	hsl(231, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(231, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 54.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, 27.49, -59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 65.09, 294.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.0061 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.17 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9106, 13.0673, 56.2635)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BC8 #C8B649

analogous

#499AC8 #495BC8 #7649C8

triadic

#495BC8 #C8495B #5BC849

tetradic

#495BC8 #C8499A #C8B649 #49C876

square

#495BC8 #C8499A #C8B649 #49C876

split-complementary

#495BC8 #C87649 #9AC849

monochromatic

#232E74 #3141A3 #495BC8 #7885D6 #A7B0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#495BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#495BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BC8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BC8	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#066BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.170 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8989d9',
    500: '#495bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bc8;
$custom-light: #8989d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.496,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51802,
    "c": 0.16957,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BC8

secondary

#D2CA9B

accent

#C84BDD

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BC8

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

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