#495C9E#495C9E

#495C9E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.108 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495C9E
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 158)
HSL	hsl(227, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(227, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 41.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 12.50, -38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 40.17, 288.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% -0.0001 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.108 270)
XYZ	xyz(12.7443, 11.5385, 33.8967)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495C9E #9E8B49

analogous

#49879E #495C9E #60499E

triadic

#495C9E #9E495C #5C9E49

tetradic

#495C9E #9E4987 #9E8B49 #499E60

square

#495C9E #9E4987 #9E8B49 #499E60

split-complementary

#495C9E #9E6049 #879E49

monochromatic

#222B4A #364474 #495C9E #6A7CBA #94A1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#495C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#495C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495C9E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495C9E	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4163A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#375C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#206A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.108 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8289bb',
    500: '#495c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495c9e;
$custom-light: #8289bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.588,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49132,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.11539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495C9E

secondary

#BAAF89

accent

#B35BCD

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0B12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #495C9E

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

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