#495CB5#495CB5

#495CB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.142 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CB5
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 181)
HSL	hsl(229, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(229, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 49.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.85, 20.30, -49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.85, 53.57, 292.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.0036 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.142 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9125, 12.4058, 45.3158)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CB5 #B5A249

analogous

#4992B5 #495CB5 #6C49B5

triadic

#495CB5 #B5495C #5CB549

tetradic

#495CB5 #B54992 #B5A249 #49B56C

square

#495CB5 #B54992 #B5A249 #49B56C

split-complementary

#495CB5 #B56C49 #92B549

monochromatic

#26305E #374689 #495CB5 #7483C7 #A0AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#495CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#495CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CB5

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CB5	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F68B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B5EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.142 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8589cc',
    500: '#495cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cb5;
$custom-light: #8589cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.444,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50633,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CB5

secondary

#C5BD94

accent

#BC55D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CB5

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

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