#495E9F#495E9F

#495E9F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.107 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#495E9F
RGBrgb(73, 94, 159)
HSLhsl(225, 37%, 45%)
HSVhsv(225, 54%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(54.1%, 40.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LABlab(41.10, 11.56, -37.79)
CIE-LCHlch(41.10, 39.52, 287.00°)
OKLaboklab(49.63% -0.0023 -0.1071)
OKLCHoklch(49.63% 0.107 268.8)
XYZxyz(13.0063, 11.9242, 34.4104)
Luminance0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#495E9F #9F8A49
analogous
#49899F #495E9F #5F499F
triadic
#495E9F #9F495E #5E9F49
tetradic
#495E9F #9F4989 #9F8A49 #499F5F
square
#495E9F #9F4989 #9F8A49 #499F5F
split-complementary
#495E9F #9F5F49 #899F49
monochromatic
#222C4B #364575 #495E9F #6A7EBB #94A2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20
#495E9F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39
#495E9F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495E9F
6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##495E9F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##495E9F1.006.203.396.20
#FFFFFF6.201.0021.001.00
#0000003.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.201.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4365A2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3A5D9E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1E6C77
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #495e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.107 268.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828bbc',
    500: '#495e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #495e9f;
$custom-light: #828bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#495e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.349,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49629,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#495E9F
secondary
#BAAE8A
accent
#B15BCD
background
#F8F8FB
surface
#EFF0F6
border
#CACBD0
text
#0B0C12
muted
#7C7D81

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#495E9F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva