#495CB7#495CB7

#495CB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.145 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CB7
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 183)
HSL	hsl(230, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(230, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 49.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 20.99, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 54.73, 292.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.0038 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.145 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1192, 12.4884, 46.4043)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CB7 #B7A449

analogous

#4993B7 #495CB7 #6D49B7

triadic

#495CB7 #B7495C #5CB749

tetradic

#495CB7 #B74993 #B7A449 #49B76D

square

#495CB7 #B74993 #B7A449 #49B76D

split-complementary

#495CB7 #B76D49 #93B749

monochromatic

#263060 #37468C #495CB7 #7583C8 #A1ABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#495CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#495CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CB7

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CB7	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D68BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#175EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.145 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689cd',
    500: '#495cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cb7;
$custom-light: #8689cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.636,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50771,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CB7

secondary

#C6BE95

accent

#BD55D3

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CB7

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

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