#496BC9#496BC9

#496BC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.151 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BC9
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 201)
HSL	hsl(224, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 17.73, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 55.55, 288.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% -0.0091 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.151 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5443, 16.1472, 57.3865)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BC9 #C9A749

analogous

#49ABC9 #496BC9 #6749C9

triadic

#496BC9 #C9496B #6BC949

tetradic

#496BC9 #C949AB #C9A749 #49C967

square

#496BC9 #C949AB #C9A749 #49C967

split-complementary

#496BC9 #C96749 #ABC949

monochromatic

#233975 #314FA4 #496BC9 #7891D7 #A7B8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#496BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#496BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BC9

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BC9	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.151 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8894da',
    500: '#496bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bc9;
$custom-light: #8894da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.063,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55082,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BC9

secondary

#D2C49C

accent

#B64ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BC9

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

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