#496AE4#496AE4

#496AE4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.189 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496AE4
RGB	rgb(73, 106, 228)
HSL	hsl(227, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 53.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 27.80, -65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 71.24, 292.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% -0.0054 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.189 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9005, 17.3238, 75.5734)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496AE4 #E4C349

analogous

#49B8E4 #496AE4 #7649E4

triadic

#496AE4 #E4496A #6AE449

tetradic

#496AE4 #E449B8 #E4C349 #49E476

square

#496AE4 #E449B8 #E4C349 #49E476

split-complementary

#496AE4 #E47649 #B8E449

monochromatic

#17339C #1F45D1 #496AE4 #7E96EC #B4C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#496AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#496AE4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496AE4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496AE4	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A7BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 106, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.189 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d94ed',
    500: '#496ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ae4;
$custom-light: #8d94ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.226,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56782,
    "c": 0.18872,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496AE4

secondary

#E3D6A6

accent

#C937F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496AE4

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

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