#495D8A#495D8A

#495D8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.077 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495D8A
RGB	rgb(73, 93, 138)
HSL	hsl(222, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(222, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 32.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 5.33, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 27.87, 281.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% -0.0063 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.077 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2480, 11.0795, 25.5857)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495D8A #8A7649

analogous

#497E8A #495D8A #56498A

triadic

#495D8A #8A495D #5D8A49

tetradic

#495D8A #8A497E #8A7649 #498A56

square

#495D8A #8A497E #8A7649 #498A56

split-complementary

#495D8A #8A5649 #7E8A49

monochromatic

#1F273A #344262 #495D8A #637AAD #8B9CC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#495D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#495D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495D8A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495D8A	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D618C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 93, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.077 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8aac',
    500: '#495d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495d8a;
$custom-light: #7f8aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48203,
    "c": 0.07699,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495D8A

secondary

#AEA081

accent

#A861C7

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EEF0F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495D8A

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

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