#495CB8#495CB8

#495CB8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.146 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CB8
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 184)
HSL	hsl(230, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(230, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 50%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 21.34, -51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 55.30, 292.69°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.0039 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.146 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2237, 12.5302, 46.9544)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CB8 #B8A549

analogous

#4993B8 #495CB8 #6D49B8

triadic

#495CB8 #B8495C #5CB849

tetradic

#495CB8 #B84993 #B8A549 #49B86D

square

#495CB8 #B84993 #B8A549 #49B86D

split-complementary

#495CB8 #B86D49 #93B849

monochromatic

#263061 #37468D #495CB8 #7583C9 #A1ABDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#495CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#495CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CB8

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CB8	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B68BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#155FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.146 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8689ce',
    500: '#495cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cb8;
$custom-light: #8689ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.73,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50841,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CB8

secondary

#C7BF96

accent

#BE54D4

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CB8

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

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