#496ADA#496ADA

#496ADA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.175 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496ADA
RGB	rgb(73, 106, 218)
HSL	hsl(226, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 51.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 24.30, -61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 65.69, 291.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% -0.0062 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.175 268)
XYZ	xyz(20.5522, 16.7845, 68.4727)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496ADA #DAB949

analogous

#49B2DA #496ADA #7149DA

triadic

#496ADA #DA496A #6ADA49

tetradic

#496ADA #DA49B2 #DAB949 #49DA71

square

#496ADA #DA49B2 #DAB949 #49DA71

split-complementary

#496ADA #DA7149 #B2DA49

monochromatic

#1C368C #2749BF #496ADA #7C94E4 #AFBDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#496ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#496ADA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496ADA

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496ADA	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2579DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 106, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.175 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b94e6',
    500: '#496ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ada;
$custom-light: #8b94e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.345,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56054,
    "c": 0.17533,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.16786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496ADA

secondary

#DDCFA2

accent

#C23FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496ADA

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

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