#496BD9#496BD9

#496BD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.173 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BD9
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 217)
HSL	hsl(226, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 23.32, -60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 64.50, 291.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% -0.0072 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.173 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5254, 16.9397, 67.8202)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BD9 #D9B749

analogous

#49B3D9 #496BD9 #6F49D9

triadic

#496BD9 #D9496B #6BD949

tetradic

#496BD9 #D949B3 #D9B749 #49D96F

square

#496BD9 #D949B3 #D9B749 #49D96F

split-complementary

#496BD9 #D96F49 #B3D949

monochromatic

#1D378B #284BBD #496BD9 #7C94E4 #AEBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#496BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#496BD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BD9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BD9	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A79DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.173 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b94e5',
    500: '#496bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bd9;
$custom-light: #8b94e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56182,
    "c": 0.17275,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BD9

secondary

#DCCEA2

accent

#C13FE8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BD9

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

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