#495C9B#495C9B

#495C9B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.104 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C9B
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 155)
HSL	hsl(226, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(226, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 40.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.31, 11.50, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.31, 38.42, 287.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.95% -0.0007 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(48.95% 0.104 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4893, 11.4365, 32.5533)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C9B #9B8849

analogous

#49859B #495C9B #5F499B

triadic

#495C9B #9B495C #5C9B49

tetradic

#495C9B #9B4985 #9B8849 #499B5F

square

#495C9B #9B4985 #9B8849 #499B5F

split-complementary

#495C9B #9B5F49 #859B49

monochromatic

#222B48 #354371 #495C9B #697BB8 #93A0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#495C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#495C9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C9B

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C9B	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43639D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.104 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8189b9',
    500: '#495c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c9b;
$custom-light: #8189b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.098,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4895,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C9B

secondary

#B8AD88

accent

#B25CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C9B

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

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