#495C8D#495C8D

#495C8D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.083 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C8D
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 141)
HSL	hsl(223, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(223, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 34.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 6.92, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 30.20, 283.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.14% -0.0041 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(48.14% 0.083 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3810, 10.9932, 26.7163)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C8D #8D7A49

analogous

#497E8D #495C8D #58498D

triadic

#495C8D #8D495C #5C8D49

tetradic

#495C8D #8D497E #8D7A49 #498D58

square

#495C8D #8D497E #8D7A49 #498D58

split-complementary

#495C8D #8D5849 #7E8D49

monochromatic

#1F273C #344265 #495C8D #6479AF #8D9CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#495C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#495C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C8D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C8D	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A608F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E666E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.083 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f89ae',
    500: '#495c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c8d;
$custom-light: #7f89ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.235,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48139,
    "c": 0.08276,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C8D

secondary

#B0A382

accent

#AB60C8

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0A0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C8D

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

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