#495CAD#495CAD

#495CAD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.130 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CAD
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 173)
HSL	hsl(229, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(229, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 46.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 17.57, -45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 48.94, 291.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.0025 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.13 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.1151, 12.0868, 41.1162)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CAD #AD9A49

analogous

#498EAD #495CAD #6849AD

triadic

#495CAD #AD495C #5CAD49

tetradic

#495CAD #AD498E #AD9A49 #49AD68

square

#495CAD #AD498E #AD9A49 #49AD68

split-complementary

#495CAD #AD6849 #8EAD49

monochromatic

#252E57 #374582 #495CAD #7080C3 #9BA6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#495CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#495CAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CAD

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CAD	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3666B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#285DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#026E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.130 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8489c6',
    500: '#495cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cad;
$custom-light: #8489c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.6,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50092,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CAD

secondary

#C1B890

accent

#B957D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0B0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CAD

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

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