#495CB4#495CB4

#495CB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.140 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CB4
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 180)
HSL	hsl(229, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(229, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 48.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, 19.96, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 52.99, 292.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% 0.0034 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.14 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8103, 12.3649, 44.7774)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CB4 #B4A149

analogous

#4991B4 #495CB4 #6C49B4

triadic

#495CB4 #B4495C #5CB449

tetradic

#495CB4 #B44991 #B4A149 #49B46C

square

#495CB4 #B44991 #B4A149 #49B46C

split-complementary

#495CB4 #B46C49 #91B449

monochromatic

#262F5D #374688 #495CB4 #7482C7 #9FA9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#495CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#495CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CB4

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CB4	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3068B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D5EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00707F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.140 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8589cb',
    500: '#495cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cb4;
$custom-light: #8589cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.346,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50564,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CB4

secondary

#C5BC94

accent

#BC56D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CB4

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

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