#495EA8#495EA8

#495EA8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.120 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495EA8
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 168)
HSL	hsl(227, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(227, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 44%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, 14.59, -42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 44.76, 289.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.19% -0.0005 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(50.19% 0.12 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8159, 12.2480, 38.6743)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495EA8 #A89349

analogous

#498DA8 #495EA8 #6449A8

triadic

#495EA8 #A8495E #5EA849

tetradic

#495EA8 #A8498D #A89349 #49A864

square

#495EA8 #A8498D #A89349 #49A864

split-complementary

#495EA8 #A86449 #8DA849

monochromatic

#242E53 #36467D #495EA8 #6E80C0 #99A6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#495EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#495EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495EA8

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495EA8	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E67AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#325EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#106E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.120 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838bc2',
    500: '#495ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ea8;
$custom-light: #838bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.737,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50189,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495EA8

secondary

#BFB48E

accent

#B558CF

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFF0F8

border

#CACBD1

text

#0B0B12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #495EA8

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

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