#495ED4#495ED4

#495ED4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.182 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495ED4
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 212)
HSL	hsl(231, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(231, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 55.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 29.75, -63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 69.93, 295.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.0039 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.182 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6300, 14.1736, 64.0286)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495ED4 #D4BF49

analogous

#49A3D4 #495ED4 #7949D4

triadic

#495ED4 #D4495E #5ED449

tetradic

#495ED4 #D449A3 #D4BF49 #49D479

square

#495ED4 #D449A3 #D4BF49 #49D479

split-complementary

#495ED4 #D47949 #A3D449

monochromatic

#1F2E84 #2B40B5 #495ED4 #7B8AE0 #ACB6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#495ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#495ED4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495ED4

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495ED4	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.182 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8be2',
    500: '#495ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ed4;
$custom-light: #8b8be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.935,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53283,
    "c": 0.18206,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495ED4

secondary

#D9D0A0

accent

#CC43E5

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F1F0FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0C15

muted

#7E7D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #495ED4

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

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