#495C9C#495C9C

#495C9C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.105 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C9C
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 156)
HSL	hsl(226, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(226, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 41%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.36, 11.83, -37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.36, 39.00, 287.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% -0.0005 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.105 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5736, 11.4702, 32.9974)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C9C #9C8949

analogous

#49869C #495C9C #5F499C

triadic

#495C9C #9C495C #5C9C49

tetradic

#495C9C #9C4986 #9C8949 #499C5F

square

#495C9C #9C4986 #9C8949 #499C5F

split-complementary

#495C9C #9C5F49 #869C49

monochromatic

#222B49 #354372 #495C9C #697CB9 #93A0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#495C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#495C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C9C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C9C	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42639F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#226A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.105 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8189b9',
    500: '#495c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c9c;
$custom-light: #8189b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.265,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4901,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C9C

secondary

#B8AD88

accent

#B25CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C9C

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

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