#495CAE#495CAE

#495CAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.132 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CAE
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 174)
HSL	hsl(229, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(229, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 47.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 17.91, -46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 49.52, 291.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% 0.0027 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.132 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2123, 12.1257, 41.6277)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CAE #AE9B49

analogous

#498EAE #495CAE #6849AE

triadic

#495CAE #AE495C #5CAE49

tetradic

#495CAE #AE498E #AE9B49 #49AE68

square

#495CAE #AE498E #AE9B49 #49AE68

split-complementary

#495CAE #AE6849 #8EAE49

monochromatic

#252E58 #374583 #495CAE #7180C3 #9CA7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#495CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#495CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CAE

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CAE	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3566B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#275EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.132 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8489c7',
    500: '#495cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cae;
$custom-light: #8489c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.713,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50158,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CAE

secondary

#C2B991

accent

#BA57D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CAE

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

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