#495C8E#495C8E

#495C8E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.084 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C8E
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 142)
HSL	hsl(223, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(223, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 35.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 7.24, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 30.79, 283.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% -0.0038 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.084 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4557, 11.0231, 27.1100)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C8E #8E7B49

analogous

#497F8E #495C8E #59498E

triadic

#495C8E #8E495C #5C8E49

tetradic

#495C8E #8E497F #8E7B49 #498E59

square

#495C8E #8E497F #8E7B49 #498E59

split-complementary

#495C8E #8E5949 #7F8E49

monochromatic

#1F283D #344266 #495C8E #6579B0 #8D9CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#495C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#495C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C8E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C8E	1.00	6.55	3.20	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#496190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.084 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8089af',
    500: '#495c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c8e;
$custom-light: #8089af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.478,
    "s": 32.093,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48195,
    "c": 0.08428,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C8E

secondary

#B0A483

accent

#AB60C8

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0A0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C8E

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

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