#496AE6#496AE6

#496AE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.191 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496AE6
RGB	rgb(73, 106, 230)
HSL	hsl(227, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 28.50, -66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 72.34, 293.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% -0.0053 -0.1913)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.191 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1797, 17.4355, 77.0441)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496AE6 #E6C549

analogous

#49B8E6 #496AE6 #7749E6

triadic

#496AE6 #E6496A #6AE649

tetradic

#496AE6 #E649B8 #E6C549 #49E677

square

#496AE6 #E649B8 #E6C549 #49E677

split-complementary

#496AE6 #E67749 #B8E649

monochromatic

#16339F #1D44D5 #496AE6 #7F96ED #B5C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#496AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#496AE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496AE6

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496AE6	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 106, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.191 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d94ef',
    500: '#496ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ae6;
$custom-light: #8d94ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.389,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5693,
    "c": 0.19136,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496AE6

secondary

#E4D7A7

accent

#CB35F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496AE6

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

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