#495CC5#495CC5

#495CC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.164 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CC5
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 197)
HSL	hsl(231, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(231, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 53.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, 25.82, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 62.74, 294.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.005 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.164 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6495, 13.1006, 54.4638)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CC5 #C5B249

analogous

#499AC5 #495CC5 #7449C5

triadic

#495CC5 #C5495C #5CC549

tetradic

#495CC5 #C5499A #C5B249 #49C574

square

#495CC5 #C5499A #C5B249 #49C574

split-complementary

#495CC5 #C57449 #9AC549

monochromatic

#242F70 #32439E #495CC5 #7786D4 #A6AFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#495CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#495CC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CC5

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CC5	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#176BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.164 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8889d7',
    500: '#495cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cc5;
$custom-light: #8889d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.806,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51773,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CC5

secondary

#D0C79A

accent

#C54DDB

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0F0FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CC5

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

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