#496AD5#496AD5

#496AD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.169 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496AD5
RGB	rgb(73, 106, 213)
HSL	hsl(226, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 50.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 22.55, -58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 62.90, 291.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% -0.0067 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.169 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9078, 16.5268, 65.0787)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496AD5 #D5B449

analogous

#49B0D5 #496AD5 #6E49D5

triadic

#496AD5 #D5496A #6AD549

tetradic

#496AD5 #D549B0 #D5B449 #49D56E

square

#496AD5 #D549B0 #D5B449 #49D56E

split-complementary

#496AD5 #D56E49 #B0D549

monochromatic

#1F3785 #2A4BB7 #496AD5 #7B93E0 #ACBBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#496AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#496AD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496AD5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496AD5	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 106, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.169 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e3',
    500: '#496ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ad5;
$custom-light: #8a94e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55699,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496AD5

secondary

#DACCA0

accent

#BF42E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496AD5

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

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