#496BC7#496BC7

#496BC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.148 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BC7
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 199)
HSL	hsl(224, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(224, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 46.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 17.03, -51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 54.42, 288.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% -0.0094 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.148 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3106, 16.0537, 56.1555)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BC7 #C7A549

analogous

#49AAC7 #496BC7 #6649C7

triadic

#496BC7 #C7496B #6BC749

tetradic

#496BC7 #C749AA #C7A549 #49C766

square

#496BC7 #C749AA #C7A549 #49C766

split-complementary

#496BC7 #C76649 #AAC749

monochromatic

#233972 #3250A1 #496BC7 #7891D5 #A7B7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#496BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#496BC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BC7

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BC7	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E76CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.148 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8894d8',
    500: '#496bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bc7;
$custom-light: #8894d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.81,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54949,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BC7

secondary

#D1C29B

accent

#B54BDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BC7

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

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