#496AE1#496AE1

#496AE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.185 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496AE1
RGB	rgb(73, 106, 225)
HSL	hsl(227, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 26.75, -64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 69.58, 292.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% -0.0056 -0.1846)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.185 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4876, 17.1587, 73.3991)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496AE1 #E1C049

analogous

#49B6E1 #496AE1 #7449E1

triadic

#496AE1 #E1496A #6AE149

tetradic

#496AE1 #E149B6 #E1C049 #49E174

square

#496AE1 #E149B6 #E1C049 #49E174

split-complementary

#496AE1 #E17449 #B6E149

monochromatic

#193497 #2246CB #496AE1 #7E95EA #B2C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#496AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#496AE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496AE1

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496AE1	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 106, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.185 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94eb',
    500: '#496ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ae1;
$custom-light: #8c94eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.974,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56561,
    "c": 0.18472,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496AE1

secondary

#E1D4A5

accent

#C739EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496AE1

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

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