#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
RGB	rgb(73, 93, 157)
HSL	hsl(226, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(226, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 40.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 11.53, -37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 38.97, 287.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.29% -0.0015 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(49.29% 0.105 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7458, 11.6786, 33.4743)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

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
##495D9D	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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