#496BD6#496BD6

#496BD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.169 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BD6
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 214)
HSL	hsl(226, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 50%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 22.27, -58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 62.83, 290.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% -0.0075 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.169 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1388, 16.7850, 65.7838)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BD6 #D6B449

analogous

#49B2D6 #496BD6 #6E49D6

triadic

#496BD6 #D6496B #6BD649

tetradic

#496BD6 #D649B2 #D6B449 #49D66E

square

#496BD6 #D649B2 #D6B449 #49D66E

split-complementary

#496BD6 #D66E49 #B2D649

monochromatic

#1E3786 #2A4CB8 #496BD6 #7B94E1 #ADBCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#496BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#496BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BD6

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BD6	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E79DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.169 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e3',
    500: '#496bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bd6;
$custom-light: #8a94e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.532,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5597,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BD6

secondary

#DACCA0

accent

#BF42E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BD6

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

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