#495E7E#495E7E

#495E7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.058 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495E7E
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 126)
HSL	hsl(216, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(216, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.46, 0.98, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.46, 20.49, 272.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% -0.0114 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.058 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5151, 10.9277, 21.2898)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495E7E #7E6949

analogous

#49797E #495E7E #4F497E

triadic

#495E7E #7E495E #5E7E49

tetradic

#495E7E #7E4979 #7E6949 #497E4F

square

#495E7E #7E4979 #7E6949 #497E4F

split-complementary

#495E7E #7E4F49 #797E49

monochromatic

#1C2431 #334157 #495E7E #617BA3 #889BBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#495E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#495E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495E7E

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495E7E	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52607F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#376569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.058 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8ba3',
    500: '#495e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495e7e;
$custom-light: #7e8ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.226,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47822,
    "c": 0.05803,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495E7E

secondary

#A6967D

accent

#9E65C3

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EEF0F3

border

#C9CBCD

text

#0A0C0F

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495E7E

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

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