#495C7E#495C7E

#495C7E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.060 H 261.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C7E
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 126)
HSL	hsl(218, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(218, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 27%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 2.23, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 21.51, 275.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.35% -0.0086 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(47.35% 0.06 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3395, 10.5766, 21.2313)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C7E #7E6B49

analogous

#49777E #495C7E #51497E

triadic

#495C7E #7E495C #5C7E49

tetradic

#495C7E #7E4977 #7E6B49 #497E51

square

#495C7E #7E4977 #7E6B49 #497E51

split-complementary

#495C7E #7E5149 #777E49

monochromatic

#1C2331 #334057 #495C7E #6179A3 #889ABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#495C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#495C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C7E

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C7E	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A597D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#376368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.060 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8aa3',
    500: '#495c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c7e;
$custom-light: #7e8aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.491,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47352,
    "c": 0.06017,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C7E

secondary

#A6977D

accent

#A165C3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EEF0F3

border

#C9CBCD

text

#0A0B0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C7E

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

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