#496BCE#496BCE

#496BCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.158 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BCE
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 206)
HSL	hsl(225, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 48.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 19.47, -55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 58.35, 289.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% -0.0084 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.158 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1421, 16.3863, 60.5347)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BCE #CEAC49

analogous

#49ADCE #496BCE #6A49CE

triadic

#496BCE #CE496B #6BCE49

tetradic

#496BCE #CE49AD #CEAC49 #49CE6A

square

#496BCE #CE49AD #CEAC49 #49CE6A

split-complementary

#496BCE #CE6A49 #ADCE49

monochromatic

#21387B #2E4EAC #496BCE #7992DB #A9B9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#496BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#496BCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BCE

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BCE	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3777D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.158 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8994dd',
    500: '#496bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bce;
$custom-light: #8994dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.662,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55418,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BCE

secondary

#D5C79D

accent

#B947E1

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BCE

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

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