#496BD8#496BD8

#496BD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.171 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BD8
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 216)
HSL	hsl(226, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 50.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 22.97, -59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 63.95, 291.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% -0.0073 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.171 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3958, 16.8878, 67.1372)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BD8 #D8B649

analogous

#49B3D8 #496BD8 #6F49D8

triadic

#496BD8 #D8496B #6BD849

tetradic

#496BD8 #D849B3 #D8B649 #49D86F

square

#496BD8 #D849B3 #D8B649 #49D86F

split-complementary

#496BD8 #D86F49 #B3D849

monochromatic

#1D3789 #284BBC #496BD8 #7B94E3 #AEBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#496BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#496BD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BD8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BD8	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B79DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.171 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b94e5',
    500: '#496bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bd8;
$custom-light: #8b94e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.734,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56111,
    "c": 0.17139,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BD8

secondary

#DCCEA1

accent

#C040E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BD8

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

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