#496BDD#496BDD

#496BDD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.178 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BDD
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 24.72, -61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 66.73, 291.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% -0.0068 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.178 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0520, 17.1503, 70.5935)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BDD #DDBB49

analogous

#49B5DD #496BDD #7149DD

triadic

#496BDD #DD496B #6BDD49

tetradic

#496BDD #DD49B5 #DDBB49 #49DD71

square

#496BDD #DD49B5 #DDBB49 #49DD71

split-complementary

#496BDD #DD7149 #B5DD49

monochromatic

#1B3691 #2549C4 #496BDD #7D95E7 #B0BFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#496BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#496BDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BDD

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BDD	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.178 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94e8',
    500: '#496bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bdd;
$custom-light: #8c94e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.216,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56467,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BDD

secondary

#DFD1A3

accent

#C33CEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BDD

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

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