#495EB3#495EB3

#495EB3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.136 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495EB3
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 179)
HSL	hsl(228, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(228, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 47.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 18.34, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 51.14, 291.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.0012 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.136 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8843, 12.6754, 44.3013)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495EB3 #B39E49

analogous

#4993B3 #495EB3 #6949B3

triadic

#495EB3 #B3495E #5EB349

tetradic

#495EB3 #B34993 #B39E49 #49B369

square

#495EB3 #B34993 #B39E49 #49B369

split-complementary

#495EB3 #B36949 #93B349

monochromatic

#26305C #374788 #495EB3 #7384C6 #9FAAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#495EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#495EB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495EB3

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495EB3	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3569B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#245FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.136 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858bca',
    500: '#495eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495eb3;
$custom-light: #858bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.113,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50909,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495EB3

secondary

#C4BB93

accent

#B956D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495EB3

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

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