#495E9D#495E9D

#495E9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.104 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495E9D
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 157)
HSL	hsl(225, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(225, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 40.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 10.89, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 38.35, 286.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% -0.0027 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.104 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8342, 11.8553, 33.5038)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495E9D #9D8849

analogous

#49889D #495E9D #5E499D

triadic

#495E9D #9D495E #5E9D49

tetradic

#495E9D #9D4988 #9D8849 #499D5E

square

#495E9D #9D4988 #9D8849 #499D5E

split-complementary

#495E9D #9D5E49 #889D49

monochromatic

#222C49 #364573 #495E9D #6A7EBA #93A2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#495E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#495E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495E9D

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495E9D	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45659F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#206C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.104 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818bba',
    500: '#495e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495e9d;
$custom-light: #818bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49508,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495E9D

secondary

#B9AD89

accent

#B05BCD

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFF0F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #495E9D

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

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