#496BD4#496BD4

#496BD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.166 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BD4
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 212)
HSL	hsl(225, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 21.57, -57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 61.71, 290.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% -0.0077 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.166 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8849, 16.6835, 64.4469)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BD4 #D4B249

analogous

#49B0D4 #496BD4 #6C49D4

triadic

#496BD4 #D4496B #6BD449

tetradic

#496BD4 #D449B0 #D4B249 #49D46C

square

#496BD4 #D449B0 #D4B249 #49D46C

split-complementary

#496BD4 #D46C49 #B0D449

monochromatic

#1F3884 #2B4DB5 #496BD4 #7B93E0 #ACBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#496BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#496BD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BD4

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BD4	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3078D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#036CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.166 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e2',
    500: '#496bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bd4;
$custom-light: #8a94e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.324,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55831,
    "c": 0.16596,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BD4

secondary

#D9CBA0

accent

#BD43E5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BD4

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

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