#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
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 159)
HSL	hsl(225, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(225, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 40.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 11.56, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 39.52, 287.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.63% -0.0023 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(49.63% 0.107 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0063, 11.9242, 34.4104)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

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
##495E9F	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #495E9F

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

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