#495ECE#495ECE

#495ECE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.174 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495ECE
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 206)
HSL	hsl(231, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(231, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 54.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 27.67, -60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 66.56, 294.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.0037 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.174 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8872, 13.8765, 60.1164)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495ECE #CEB949

analogous

#49A1CE #495ECE #7649CE

triadic

#495ECE #CE495E #5ECE49

tetradic

#495ECE #CE49A1 #CEB949 #49CE76

square

#495ECE #CE49A1 #CEB949 #49CE76

split-complementary

#495ECE #CE7649 #A1CE49

monochromatic

#212F7B #2E42AC #495ECE #7989DB #A9B3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#495ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#495ECE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495ECE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495ECE	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#056ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00798D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.174 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898bde',
    500: '#495ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ece;
$custom-light: #898bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52829,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495ECE

secondary

#D5CD9D

accent

#C947E1

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0C15

muted

#7E7D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495ECE

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

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