#495BC9#495BC9

#495BC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.171 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BC9
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 201)
HSL	hsl(232, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(232, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 54.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.93, 27.84, -59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.93, 65.66, 295.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.0062 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.171 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0278, 13.1142, 56.8810)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BC9 #C9B749

analogous

#499BC9 #495BC9 #7749C9

triadic

#495BC9 #C9495B #5BC949

tetradic

#495BC9 #C9499B #C9B749 #49C977

square

#495BC9 #C9499B #C9B749 #49C977

split-complementary

#495BC9 #C97749 #9BC949

monochromatic

#232E75 #3141A4 #495BC9 #7886D7 #A7B0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#495BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#495BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BC9

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BC9	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#026BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.171 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8989da',
    500: '#495bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bc9;
$custom-light: #8989da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.563,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51877,
    "c": 0.17093,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BC9

secondary

#D2CB9C

accent

#C94ADE

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BC9

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

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