#495C8B#495C8B

#495C8B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.080 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C8B
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 139)
HSL	hsl(223, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(223, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 33.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 6.28, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 29.03, 282.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.03% -0.0046 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(48.03% 0.08 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2335, 10.9342, 25.9397)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C8B #8B7849

analogous

#497D8B #495C8B #57498B

triadic

#495C8B #8B495C #5C8B49

tetradic

#495C8B #8B497D #8B7849 #498B57

square

#495C8B #8B497D #8B7849 #498B57

split-complementary

#495C8B #8B5749 #7D8B49

monochromatic

#1F273B #344163 #495C8B #6479AD #8C9CC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#495C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#495C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C8B

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C8B	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B608D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.080 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f89ad',
    500: '#495c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c8b;
$custom-light: #7f89ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.727,
    "s": 31.132,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48029,
    "c": 0.07974,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C8B

secondary

#AEA181

accent

#AA60C7

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EEF0F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C8B

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

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