#495BE3#495BE3

#495BE3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.205 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495BE3
RGB	rgb(73, 91, 227)
HSL	hsl(233, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(233, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 36.78, -71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 80.14, 297.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.0065 -0.2053)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.205 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3492, 14.4428, 74.3735)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495BE3 #E3D149

analogous

#49A8E3 #495BE3 #8449E3

triadic

#495BE3 #E3495B #5BE349

tetradic

#495BE3 #E349A8 #E3D149 #49E384

square

#495BE3 #E349A8 #E3D149 #49E384

split-complementary

#495BE3 #E38449 #A8E349

monochromatic

#18279A #2034CF #495BE3 #7E8BEB #B3BBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#495BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#495BE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495BE3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495BE3	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 91, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.205 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e89ed',
    500: '#495be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495be3;
$custom-light: #8e89ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.987,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53917,
    "c": 0.20543,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495BE3

secondary

#E2DBA6

accent

#DA38F0

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495BE3

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

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