#495E8A#495E8A

#495E8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.076 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495E8A
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(221, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(221, 47%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.01, 4.70, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.01, 27.31, 279.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% -0.0076 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.076 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3363, 11.2562, 25.6151)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495E8A #8A7549

analogous

#497F8A #495E8A #55498A

triadic

#495E8A #8A495E #5E8A49

tetradic

#495E8A #8A497F #8A7549 #498A55

square

#495E8A #8A497F #8A7549 #498A55

split-complementary

#495E8A #8A5549 #7F8A49

monochromatic

#1F273A #344362 #495E8A #637BAD #8B9DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#495E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#495E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495E8A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495E8A	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E628C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.076 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8bac',
    500: '#495e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495e8a;
$custom-light: #7f8bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.615,
    "s": 30.806,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48432,
    "c": 0.07578,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495E8A

secondary

#AE9F81

accent

#A661C7

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EEF0F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0C10

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495E8A

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

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