#495BD6#495BD6

#495BD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.188 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BD6
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 214)
HSL	hsl(232, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(232, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 57.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 32.32, -65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 72.96, 296.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.0065 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.188 272)
XYZ	xyz(18.6223, 13.7520, 65.2783)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BD6 #D6C449

analogous

#49A2D6 #495BD6 #7E49D6

triadic

#495BD6 #D6495B #5BD649

tetradic

#495BD6 #D649A2 #D6C449 #49D67E

square

#495BD6 #D649A2 #D6C449 #49D67E

split-complementary

#495BD6 #D67E49 #A2D649

monochromatic

#1E2C86 #2A3CB8 #495BD6 #7B88E1 #ADB5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#495BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#495BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BD6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BD6	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.188 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b89e3',
    500: '#495bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495bd6;
$custom-light: #8b89e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.34,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52876,
    "c": 0.18842,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.13754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BD6

secondary

#DAD3A0

accent

#D142E6

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F1F0FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BD6

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

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