#496BDE#496BDE

#496BDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.179 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BDE
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 25.07, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 67.29, 291.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% -0.0067 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.18 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1856, 17.2037, 71.2972)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BDE #DEBC49

analogous

#49B5DE #496BDE #7249DE

triadic

#496BDE #DE496B #6BDE49

tetradic

#496BDE #DE49B5 #DEBC49 #49DE72

square

#496BDE #DE49B5 #DEBC49 #49DE72

split-complementary

#496BDE #DE7249 #B5DE49

monochromatic

#1A3692 #2449C6 #496BDE #7D95E7 #B1BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#496BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#496BDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BDE

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BDE	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.179 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94e9',
    500: '#496bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496bde;
$custom-light: #8c94e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.309,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56539,
    "c": 0.1795,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BDE

secondary

#DFD2A4

accent

#C43CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BDE

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

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