#495FB5#495FB5

#495FB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.138 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495FB5
RGB	rgb(73, 95, 181)
HSL	hsl(228, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(228, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 47.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.67, 18.39, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.67, 51.66, 290.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.0004 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.138 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1776, 12.9359, 45.4042)
Luminance	0.1294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495FB5 #B59F49

analogous

#4995B5 #495FB5 #6949B5

triadic

#495FB5 #B5495F #5FB549

tetradic

#495FB5 #B54995 #B59F49 #49B569

square

#495FB5 #B54995 #B59F49 #49B569

split-complementary

#495FB5 #B56949 #95B549

monochromatic

#26315E #374889 #495FB5 #7485C7 #A0ABD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#495FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#495FB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495FB5

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495FB5	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2460B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 95, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.138 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858ccc',
    500: '#495fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495fb5;
$custom-light: #858ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.778,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51251,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495FB5

secondary

#C5BB94

accent

#B955D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0C13

muted

#7D7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495FB5

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

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