#495DC8#495DC8

#495DC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.167 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495DC8
RGB	rgb(73, 93, 200)
HSL	hsl(231, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(231, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 53.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 26.23, -58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 63.81, 294.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% 0.0043 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.167 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0838, 13.4138, 56.3212)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495DC8 #C8B449

analogous

#499CC8 #495DC8 #7449C8

triadic

#495DC8 #C8495D #5DC849

tetradic

#495DC8 #C8499C #C8B449 #49C874

square

#495DC8 #C8499C #C8B449 #49C874

split-complementary

#495DC8 #C87449 #9CC849

monochromatic

#233074 #3143A3 #495DC8 #7887D6 #A7B1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#495DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#495DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495DC8

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495DC8	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#146CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 93, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.167 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888ad9',
    500: '#495dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495dc8;
$custom-light: #888ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.551,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52189,
    "c": 0.16703,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495DC8

secondary

#D2C99B

accent

#C64BDD

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0B15

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495DC8

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

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