#495CCE#495CCE

#495CCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.176 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CCE
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 206)
HSL	hsl(231, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(231, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 55.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 28.93, -61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 67.84, 295.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.45% 0.0055 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(52.45% 0.176 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7116, 13.5254, 60.0578)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CCE #CEBB49

analogous

#499ECE #495CCE #7949CE

triadic

#495CCE #CE495C #5CCE49

tetradic

#495CCE #CE499E #CEBB49 #49CE79

square

#495CCE #CE499E #CEBB49 #49CE79

split-complementary

#495CCE #CE7949 #9ECE49

monochromatic

#212E7B #2E40AC #495CCE #7987DB #A9B2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#495CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#495CCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CCE

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CCE	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00778C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.176 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a89de',
    500: '#495cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cce;
$custom-light: #8a89de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52446,
    "c": 0.17646,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CCE

secondary

#D5CD9D

accent

#CB47E1

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CCE

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

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