#495DD8#495DD8

#495DD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.189 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495DD8
RGB	rgb(73, 93, 216)
HSL	hsl(232, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(232, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 56.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 31.76, -65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 72.80, 295.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.0049 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.189 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0525, 14.2013, 66.6895)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495DD8 #D8C449

analogous

#49A5D8 #495DD8 #7D49D8

triadic

#495DD8 #D8495D #5DD849

tetradic

#495DD8 #D849A5 #D8C449 #49D87D

square

#495DD8 #D849A5 #D8C449 #49D87D

split-complementary

#495DD8 #D87D49 #A5D849

monochromatic

#1D2C89 #283DBC #495DD8 #7B8AE3 #AEB7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#495DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#495DD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495DD8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495DD8	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 93, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.189 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8ae5',
    500: '#495dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495dd8;
$custom-light: #8b8ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.608,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53404,
    "c": 0.18862,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495DD8

secondary

#DCD3A1

accent

#D040E8

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495DD8

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

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