#495EE4#495EE4

#495EE4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.203 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495EE4
RGB	rgb(73, 94, 228)
HSL	hsl(232, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(232, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 58.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 35.27, -70.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 78.80, 296.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.0042 -0.2031)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.203 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7492, 15.0213, 75.1897)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495EE4 #E4CF49

analogous

#49ACE4 #495EE4 #8249E4

triadic

#495EE4 #E4495E #5EE449

tetradic

#495EE4 #E449AC #E4CF49 #49E482

square

#495EE4 #E449AC #E4CF49 #49E482

split-complementary

#495EE4 #E48249 #ACE449

monochromatic

#17299C #1F37D1 #495EE4 #7E8DEC #B4BCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#495EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#495EE4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495EE4

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495EE4	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 94, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.203 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8bed',
    500: '#495ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495ee4;
$custom-light: #8e8bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.871,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54536,
    "c": 0.20316,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495EE4

secondary

#E3DBA6

accent

#D837F1

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0C16

muted

#7E7D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #495EE4

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

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