#495E8F#495E8F

#495E8F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.083 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495E8F
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 143)
HSL	hsl(222, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(222, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 34.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 6.30, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 30.20, 282.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.7% -0.0062 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(48.7% 0.083 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7067, 11.4043, 27.5657)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495E8F #8F7A49

analogous

#49818F #495E8F #57498F

triadic

#495E8F #8F495E #5E8F49

tetradic

#495E8F #8F4981 #8F7A49 #498F57

square

#495E8F #8F4981 #8F7A49 #498F57

split-complementary

#495E8F #8F5749 #818F49

monochromatic

#20293E #344366 #495E8F #657CB0 #8D9EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#495E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#495E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495E8F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495E8F	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C6291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D6870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.083 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808bb0',
    500: '#495e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495e8f;
$custom-light: #808bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 32.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48703,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495E8F

secondary

#B1A383

accent

#A95FC9

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0A0C10

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495E8F

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

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