#496BD2#496BD2

#496BD2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.163 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BD2
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 210)
HSL	hsl(225, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 49%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 20.87, -56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 60.60, 290.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% -0.0079 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.163 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6342, 16.5832, 63.1264)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BD2 #D2B049

analogous

#49B0D2 #496BD2 #6B49D2

triadic

#496BD2 #D2496B #6BD249

tetradic

#496BD2 #D249B0 #D2B049 #49D26B

square

#496BD2 #D249B0 #D2B049 #49D26B

split-complementary

#496BD2 #D26B49 #B0D249

monochromatic

#203881 #2C4DB2 #496BD2 #7A93DE #ABBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#496BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#496BD2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BD2

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BD2	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3378D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D6BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.163 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e0',
    500: '#496bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bd2;
$custom-light: #8a94e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.109,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55692,
    "c": 0.16322,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BD2

secondary

#D8CA9F

accent

#BC44E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BD2

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

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