#496AE0#496AE0

#496AE0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.183 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496AE0
RGB	rgb(73, 106, 224)
HSL	hsl(227, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(227, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 52.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 26.40, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 69.02, 292.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% -0.0057 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.183 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3516, 17.1043, 72.6828)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496AE0 #E0BF49

analogous

#49B6E0 #496AE0 #7349E0

triadic

#496AE0 #E0496A #6AE049

tetradic

#496AE0 #E049B6 #E0BF49 #49E073

square

#496AE0 #E049B6 #E0BF49 #49E073

split-complementary

#496AE0 #E07349 #B6E049

monochromatic

#193495 #2247C9 #496AE0 #7D95E9 #B2C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#496AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#496AE0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496AE0

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496AE0	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 106, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.183 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94ea',
    500: '#496ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ae0;
$custom-light: #8c94ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.887,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56488,
    "c": 0.18339,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496AE0

secondary

#E0D3A4

accent

#C63AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496AE0

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

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