#495ED3#495ED3

#495ED3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.181 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495ED3
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 211)
HSL	hsl(231, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(231, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 55.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 29.40, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 69.37, 295.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% 0.0039 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.181 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5043, 14.1233, 63.3663)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495ED3 #D3BE49

analogous

#49A3D3 #495ED3 #7949D3

triadic

#495ED3 #D3495E #5ED349

tetradic

#495ED3 #D349A3 #D3BE49 #49D379

square

#495ED3 #D349A3 #D3BE49 #49D379

split-complementary

#495ED3 #D37949 #A3D349

monochromatic

#1F2E82 #2B40B3 #495ED3 #7A8ADF #ACB5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#495ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#495ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495ED3

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495ED3	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.181 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a8be1',
    500: '#495ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ed3;
$custom-light: #8a8be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53206,
    "c": 0.18071,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495ED3

secondary

#D9D09F

accent

#CC44E4

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0C15

muted

#7E7D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495ED3

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

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