#495E9B#495E9B

#495E9B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.101 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495E9B
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 155)
HSL	hsl(225, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(225, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 39.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 10.22, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 37.18, 285.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% -0.0032 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.101 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6648, 11.7876, 32.6118)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495E9B #9B8649

analogous

#49879B #495E9B #5D499B

triadic

#495E9B #9B495E #5E9B49

tetradic

#495E9B #9B4987 #9B8649 #499B5D

square

#495E9B #9B4987 #9B8649 #499B5D

split-complementary

#495E9B #9B5D49 #879B49

monochromatic

#222C48 #354571 #495E9B #697DB8 #93A1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#495E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#495E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495E9B

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495E9B	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46649D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.101 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818bb9',
    500: '#495e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495e9b;
$custom-light: #818bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.634,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49389,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495E9B

secondary

#B8AC88

accent

#AF5CCC

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #495E9B

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

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