#495DB5#495DB5

#495DB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.140 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495DB5
RGB	rgb(73, 93, 181)
HSL	hsl(229, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(229, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 48.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.12, 19.67, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.12, 52.93, 291.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.0025 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.14 271)
XYZ	xyz(14.9997, 12.5802, 45.3449)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495DB5 #B5A149

analogous

#4993B5 #495DB5 #6B49B5

triadic

#495DB5 #B5495D #5DB549

tetradic

#495DB5 #B54993 #B5A149 #49B56B

square

#495DB5 #B54993 #B5A149 #49B56B

split-complementary

#495DB5 #B56B49 #93B549

monochromatic

#26305E #374789 #495DB5 #7484C7 #A0AAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#495DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#495DB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495DB5

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495DB5	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3168B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F5FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 93, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.140 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858acc',
    500: '#495db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495db5;
$custom-light: #858acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50838,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.12581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495DB5

secondary

#C5BC94

accent

#BB55D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495DB5

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

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