#495EA9#495EA9

#495EA9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.122 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495EA9
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 169)
HSL	hsl(227, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(227, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 44.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 14.93, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 45.34, 289.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% -0.0004 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.122 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9094, 12.2854, 39.1668)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495EA9 #A99449

analogous

#498EA9 #495EA9 #6449A9

triadic

#495EA9 #A9495E #5EA949

tetradic

#495EA9 #A9498E #A99449 #49A964

square

#495EA9 #A9498E #A99449 #49A964

split-complementary

#495EA9 #A96449 #8EA949

monochromatic

#242E54 #37467E #495EA9 #6F81C1 #99A6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#495EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#495EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495EA9

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495EA9	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D67AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D6F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.122 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838bc3',
    500: '#495ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ea9;
$custom-light: #838bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50253,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495EA9

secondary

#BFB58E

accent

#B558D0

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0B0B12

muted

#7C7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #495EA9

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

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