#496BD5#496BD5

#496BD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.167 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BD5
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 213)
HSL	hsl(225, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 21.92, -58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 62.27, 290.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% -0.0076 -0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.167 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0115, 16.7341, 65.1133)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BD5 #D5B349

analogous

#49B1D5 #496BD5 #6D49D5

triadic

#496BD5 #D5496B #6BD549

tetradic

#496BD5 #D549B1 #D5B349 #49D56D

square

#496BD5 #D549B1 #D5B349 #49D56D

split-complementary

#496BD5 #D56D49 #B1D549

monochromatic

#1F3885 #2A4CB7 #496BD5 #7B93E0 #ACBCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#496BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#496BD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BD5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BD5	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.167 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e3',
    500: '#496bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bd5;
$custom-light: #8a94e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55901,
    "c": 0.16732,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BD5

secondary

#DACCA0

accent

#BE42E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BD5

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

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