#495C8F#495C8F

#495C8F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.086 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C8F
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 143)
HSL	hsl(224, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(224, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 35.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.67, 7.57, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.67, 31.38, 283.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% -0.0036 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.086 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5311, 11.0532, 27.5071)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C8F #8F7C49

analogous

#497F8F #495C8F #59498F

triadic

#495C8F #8F495C #5C8F49

tetradic

#495C8F #8F497F #8F7C49 #498F59

square

#495C8F #8F497F #8F7C49 #498F59

split-complementary

#495C8F #8F5949 #7F8F49

monochromatic

#20283E #344266 #495C8F #6579B0 #8D9CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#495C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#495C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C8F

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C8F	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#496191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D676F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.086 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8089b0',
    500: '#495c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c8f;
$custom-light: #8089b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.714,
    "s": 32.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48251,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C8F

secondary

#B1A483

accent

#AC5FC9

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0A0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C8F

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

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