#495F8D#495F8D

#495F8D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.079 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495F8D
RGB	rgb(73, 95, 141)
HSL	hsl(221, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(221, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 32.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 5.03, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 28.47, 280.18°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% -0.008 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.079 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6460, 11.5232, 26.8047)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495F8D #8D7749

analogous

#49818D #495F8D #55498D

triadic

#495F8D #8D495F #5F8D49

tetradic

#495F8D #8D4981 #8D7749 #498D55

square

#495F8D #8D4981 #8D7749 #498D55

split-complementary

#495F8D #8D5549 #818D49

monochromatic

#1F293C #344465 #495F8D #647CAF #8D9EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#495F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#495F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495F8D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495F8D	1.00	6.35	3.30	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E638F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E696F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 95, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.079 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8cae',
    500: '#495f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495f8d;
$custom-light: #7f8cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.588,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48822,
    "c": 0.07906,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495F8D

secondary

#B0A182

accent

#A660C8

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0A0C10

muted

#7C7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #495F8D

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

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