#495DAE#495DAE

#495DAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.130 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495DAE
RGB	rgb(73, 93, 174)
HSL	hsl(228, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(228, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 46.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 17.27, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 48.88, 290.69°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.0016 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.13 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2995, 12.3001, 41.6568)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495DAE #AE9A49

analogous

#498FAE #495DAE #6749AE

triadic

#495DAE #AE495D #5DAE49

tetradic

#495DAE #AE498F #AE9A49 #49AE67

square

#495DAE #AE498F #AE9A49 #49AE67

split-complementary

#495DAE #AE6749 #8FAE49

monochromatic

#252F58 #374683 #495DAE #7181C3 #9CA7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#495DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#495DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495DAE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495DAE	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3767B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#295EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 93, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.130 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848ac7',
    500: '#495dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495dae;
$custom-light: #848ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.119,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50367,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495DAE

secondary

#C2B891

accent

#B957D1

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495DAE

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

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