#495CC8#495CC8

#495CC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.168 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CC8
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 200)
HSL	hsl(231, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(231, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 54%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 26.86, -58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 64.45, 294.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.0052 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.168 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9966, 13.2394, 56.2921)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CC8 #C8B549

analogous

#499BC8 #495CC8 #7549C8

triadic

#495CC8 #C8495C #5CC849

tetradic

#495CC8 #C8499B #C8B549 #49C875

square

#495CC8 #C8499B #C8B549 #49C875

split-complementary

#495CC8 #C87549 #9BC849

monochromatic

#232F74 #3142A3 #495CC8 #7886D6 #A7B0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#495CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#495CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CC8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CC8	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E6CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.168 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8989d9',
    500: '#495cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cc8;
$custom-light: #8989d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.024,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51995,
    "c": 0.1683,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CC8

secondary

#D2C99B

accent

#C74BDD

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CC8

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

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