#495ED9#495ED9

#495ED9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.189 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495ED9
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 217)
HSL	hsl(231, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(231, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 56.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 31.48, -65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 72.72, 295.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.0041 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.189 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2705, 14.4298, 67.4019)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495ED9 #D9C449

analogous

#49A6D9 #495ED9 #7C49D9

triadic

#495ED9 #D9495E #5ED949

tetradic

#495ED9 #D949A6 #D9C449 #49D97C

square

#495ED9 #D949A6 #D9C449 #49D97C

split-complementary

#495ED9 #D97C49 #A6D949

monochromatic

#1D2D8B #283DBD #495ED9 #7C8BE4 #AEB8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#495ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#495ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495ED9

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495ED9	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.189 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8be6',
    500: '#495ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ed9;
$custom-light: #8c8be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.25,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53668,
    "c": 0.18872,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495ED9

secondary

#DCD4A2

accent

#D03FE8

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0C16

muted

#7E7D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495ED9

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

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