#495FB6#495FB6

#495FB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.139 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495FB6
RGB	rgb(73, 95, 182)
HSL	hsl(228, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(228, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 47.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 18.73, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 52.23, 291.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.0005 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.139 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2805, 12.9771, 45.9465)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495FB6 #B6A049

analogous

#4995B6 #495FB6 #6A49B6

triadic

#495FB6 #B6495F #5FB649

tetradic

#495FB6 #B64995 #B6A049 #49B66A

square

#495FB6 #B64995 #B6A049 #49B66A

split-complementary

#495FB6 #B66A49 #95B649

monochromatic

#26315F #37488A #495FB6 #7585C8 #A0ACD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#495FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#495FB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495FB6

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495FB6	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2260B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 95, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.139 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858ccc',
    500: '#495fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495fb6;
$custom-light: #858ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.89,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51318,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495FB6

secondary

#C6BC95

accent

#B955D3

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0C13

muted

#7D7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #495FB6

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

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