#496BB7#496BB7

#496BB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.126 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BB7
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 183)
HSL	hsl(221, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 41.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 11.49, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 45.42, 284.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% -0.0122 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.126 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5497, 15.3494, 46.8812)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BB7 #B79549

analogous

#49A2B7 #496BB7 #5E49B7

triadic

#496BB7 #B7496B #6BB749

tetradic

#496BB7 #B749A2 #B79549 #49B75E

square

#496BB7 #B749A2 #B79549 #49B75E

split-complementary

#496BB7 #B75E49 #A2B749

monochromatic

#263860 #37518C #496BB7 #758FC8 #A1B2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#496BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#496BB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BB7

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BB7	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A73BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B69B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.126 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8595cd',
    500: '#496bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bb7;
$custom-light: #8595cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.455,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53927,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BB7

secondary

#C6B795

accent

#AC55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BB7

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

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