#495C9A#495C9A

#495C9A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.102 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C9A
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 154)
HSL	hsl(226, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(226, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 40.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 11.17, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 37.83, 287.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% -0.0009 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.102 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4056, 11.4030, 32.1129)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C9A #9A8749

analogous

#49859A #495C9A #5F499A

triadic

#495C9A #9A495C #5C9A49

tetradic

#495C9A #9A4985 #9A8749 #499A5F

square

#495C9A #9A4985 #9A8749 #499A5F

split-complementary

#495C9A #9A5F49 #859A49

monochromatic

#222A47 #354370 #495C9A #697BB8 #929FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#495C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#495C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C9A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C9A	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43639C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.102 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8189b8',
    500: '#495c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c9a;
$custom-light: #8189b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.926,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48889,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C9A

secondary

#B7AC88

accent

#B25CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C9A

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

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