#495D9D#495D9D

#495D9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.105 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#495D9D
RGBrgb(73, 93, 157)
HSLhsl(226, 37%, 45%)
HSVhsv(226, 54%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(53.5%, 40.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(40.70, 11.53, -37.22)
CIE-LCHlch(40.70, 38.97, 287.20°)
OKLaboklab(49.29% -0.0015 -0.1055)
OKLCHoklch(49.29% 0.105 269.2)
XYZxyz(12.7458, 11.6786, 33.4743)
Luminance0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#495D9D #9D8949
analogous
#49879D #495D9D #5F499D
triadic
#495D9D #9D495D #5D9D49
tetradic
#495D9D #9D4987 #9D8949 #499D5F
square
#495D9D #9D4987 #9D8949 #499D5F
split-complementary
#495D9D #9D5F49 #879D49
monochromatic
#222C49 #364473 #495D9D #6A7DBA #93A1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30
#495D9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34
#495D9D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495D9D
6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##495D9D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##495D9D1.006.303.346.30
#FFFFFF6.301.0021.001.00
#0000003.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.301.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4364A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3A5D9C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#216B75
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #495d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 93, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.105 269.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828aba',
    500: '#495d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #495d9d;
$custom-light: #828aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#495d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49289,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#495D9D
secondary
#B9AE89
accent
#B25BCD
background
#F8F8FB
surface
#EFF0F6
border
#CACBD0
text
#0B0B11
muted
#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #495D9D

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#495D9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva