#495CE2#495CE2

#495CE2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.203 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495CE2
RGB	rgb(73, 92, 226)
HSL	hsl(233, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(233, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 59.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 35.82, -70.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 78.96, 296.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.0058 -0.2029)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.203 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2976, 14.5598, 73.6774)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495CE2 #E2CF49

analogous

#49A8E2 #495CE2 #8249E2

triadic

#495CE2 #E2495C #5CE249

tetradic

#495CE2 #E249A8 #E2CF49 #49E282

square

#495CE2 #E249A8 #E2CF49 #49E282

split-complementary

#495CE2 #E28249 #A8E249

monochromatic

#182898 #2136CD #495CE2 #7E8BEA #B3BBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#495CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#495CE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495CE2

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495CE2	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 92, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.203 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8aec',
    500: '#495ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ce2;
$custom-light: #8d8aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.549,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54015,
    "c": 0.20295,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495CE2

secondary

#E2DAA5

accent

#D939EF

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495CE2

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

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