#496BC8#496BC8

#496BC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.149 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BC8
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 200)
HSL	hsl(224, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 17.38, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 54.99, 288.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% -0.0092 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.149 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4271, 16.1003, 56.7690)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BC8 #C8A649

analogous

#49AAC8 #496BC8 #6649C8

triadic

#496BC8 #C8496B #6BC849

tetradic

#496BC8 #C849AA #C8A649 #49C866

square

#496BC8 #C849AA #C8A649 #49C866

split-complementary

#496BC8 #C86649 #AAC849

monochromatic

#233974 #3150A3 #496BC8 #7891D6 #A7B7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#496BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#496BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BC8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BC8	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D76CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#266AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.149 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8894d9',
    500: '#496bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bc8;
$custom-light: #8894d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.937,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55015,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BC8

secondary

#D2C39B

accent

#B64BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BC8

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

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