#496BC3#496BC3

#496BC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.142 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BC3
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 195)
HSL	hsl(223, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(223, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 45.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 15.64, -49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 52.17, 287.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% -0.01 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.142 266)
XYZ	xyz(17.8523, 15.8704, 53.7417)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BC3 #C3A149

analogous

#49A8C3 #496BC3 #6449C3

triadic

#496BC3 #C3496B #6BC349

tetradic

#496BC3 #C349A8 #C3A149 #49C364

square

#496BC3 #C349A8 #C3A149 #49C364

split-complementary

#496BC3 #C36449 #A8C349

monochromatic

#24396E #33509C #496BC3 #7790D2 #A5B6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#496BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#496BC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BC3

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BC3	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4175C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.142 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8794d6',
    500: '#496bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bc3;
$custom-light: #8794d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.279,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54687,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.15872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BC3

secondary

#CEC099

accent

#B34EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BC3

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

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