#495CC9#495CC9

#495CC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.170 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CC9
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 201)
HSL	hsl(231, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(231, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 54.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 27.20, -59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 65.01, 294.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.0052 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.17 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1139, 13.2863, 56.9097)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CC9 #C9B649

analogous

#499CC9 #495CC9 #7649C9

triadic

#495CC9 #C9495C #5CC949

tetradic

#495CC9 #C9499C #C9B649 #49C976

square

#495CC9 #C9499C #C9B649 #49C976

split-complementary

#495CC9 #C97649 #9CC949

monochromatic

#232F75 #3142A4 #495CC9 #7886D7 #A7B1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#495CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#495CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CC9

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CC9	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A6CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.170 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8989da',
    500: '#495cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cc9;
$custom-light: #8989da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.094,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5207,
    "c": 0.16967,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CC9

secondary

#D2CA9C

accent

#C84ADE

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CC9

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

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