#496BD7#496BD7

#496BD7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.170 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BD7
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 215)
HSL	hsl(226, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 50.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 22.62, -59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 63.39, 290.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% -0.0074 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.17 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2669, 16.8362, 66.4585)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BD7 #D7B549

analogous

#49B2D7 #496BD7 #6E49D7

triadic

#496BD7 #D7496B #6BD749

tetradic

#496BD7 #D749B2 #D7B549 #49D76E

square

#496BD7 #D749B2 #D7B549 #49D76E

split-complementary

#496BD7 #D76E49 #B2D749

monochromatic

#1E3788 #294CBA #496BD7 #7B94E2 #ADBDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#496BD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#496BD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BD7

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BD7	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C79DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.170 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e4',
    500: '#496bd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bd7;
$custom-light: #8a94e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.634,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56041,
    "c": 0.17004,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BD7

secondary

#DBCDA1

accent

#BF41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BD7

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

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