#495CD8#495CD8

#495CD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.190 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CD8
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 216)
HSL	hsl(232, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(232, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 57.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 32.38, -65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 73.43, 296.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.0057 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.19 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9653, 14.0269, 66.6604)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CD8 #D8C549

analogous

#49A4D8 #495CD8 #7E49D8

triadic

#495CD8 #D8495C #5CD849

tetradic

#495CD8 #D849A4 #D8C549 #49D87E

square

#495CD8 #D849A4 #D8C549 #49D87E

split-complementary

#495CD8 #D87E49 #A4D849

monochromatic

#1D2C89 #283CBC #495CD8 #7B89E3 #AEB6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#495CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#495CD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CD8

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CD8	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.190 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8ae5',
    500: '#495cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495cd8;
$custom-light: #8b8ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.028,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53218,
    "c": 0.18985,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CD8

secondary

#DCD4A1

accent

#D140E8

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CD8

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

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