#495BCE#495BCE

#495BCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.178 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BCE
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 206)
HSL	hsl(232, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(232, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 55.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, 29.56, -61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 68.48, 295.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.0064 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.178 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6256, 13.3533, 60.0292)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BCE #CEBC49

analogous

#499DCE #495BCE #7A49CE

triadic

#495BCE #CE495B #5BCE49

tetradic

#495BCE #CE499D #CEBC49 #49CE7A

square

#495BCE #CE499D #CEBC49 #49CE7A

split-complementary

#495BCE #CE7A49 #9DCE49

monochromatic

#212D7B #2E3FAC #495BCE #7986DB #A9B2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#495BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#495BCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BCE

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BCE	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00778C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.178 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a89de',
    500: '#495bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bce;
$custom-light: #8a89de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.88,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52256,
    "c": 0.17771,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BCE

secondary

#D5CE9D

accent

#CC47E1

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BCE

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

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