#495ED1#495ED1

#495ED1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.178 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495ED1
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 209)
HSL	hsl(231, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(231, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 55%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 28.71, -61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 68.24, 294.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.0038 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.178 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2551, 14.0237, 62.0541)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495ED1 #D1BC49

analogous

#49A2D1 #495ED1 #7849D1

triadic

#495ED1 #D1495E #5ED149

tetradic

#495ED1 #D149A2 #D1BC49 #49D178

square

#495ED1 #D149A2 #D1BC49 #49D178

split-complementary

#495ED1 #D17849 #A2D149

monochromatic

#202F7F #2D41B0 #495ED1 #7A89DD #ABB4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#495ED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#495ED1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495ED1

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495ED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495ED1	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.178 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a8be0',
    500: '#495ed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ed1;
$custom-light: #8a8be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.735,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53055,
    "c": 0.17802,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495ED1

secondary

#D7CF9E

accent

#CA45E3

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0C15

muted

#7E7D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495ED1

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

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