#496BB6#496BB6

#496BB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.124 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BB6
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 182)
HSL	hsl(221, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 41.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 11.15, -43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 44.85, 284.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.87% -0.0124 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(53.87% 0.124 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4459, 15.3079, 46.3349)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BB6 #B69449

analogous

#49A2B6 #496BB6 #5D49B6

triadic

#496BB6 #B6496B #6BB649

tetradic

#496BB6 #B649A2 #B69449 #49B65D

square

#496BB6 #B649A2 #B69449 #49B65D

split-complementary

#496BB6 #B65D49 #A2B649

monochromatic

#26385F #37518A #496BB6 #758FC8 #A0B2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#496BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#496BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BB6

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BB6	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A72B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B68B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.124 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8595cc',
    500: '#496bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bb6;
$custom-light: #8595cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.284,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53866,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BB6

secondary

#C6B795

accent

#AB55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BB6

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

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