#496AD8#496AD8

#496AD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496AD8
RGB	rgb(73, 106, 216)
HSL	hsl(226, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 50.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 23.60, -60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 64.57, 291.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% -0.0064 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.173 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2921, 16.6805, 67.1027)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496AD8 #D8B749

analogous

#49B2D8 #496AD8 #7049D8

triadic

#496AD8 #D8496A #6AD849

tetradic

#496AD8 #D849B2 #D8B749 #49D870

square

#496AD8 #D849B2 #D8B749 #49D870

split-complementary

#496AD8 #D87049 #B2D849

monochromatic

#1D3689 #284ABC #496AD8 #7B93E3 #AEBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#496AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#496AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496AD8

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496AD8	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2878DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 106, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b94e5',
    500: '#496ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ad8;
$custom-light: #8b94e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55911,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496AD8

secondary

#DCCEA1

accent

#C140E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496AD8

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

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