#496BE0#496BE0

#496BE0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.182 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BE0
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 224)
HSL	hsl(226, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 52.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 25.78, -63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 68.40, 292.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% -0.0065 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.182 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4553, 17.3116, 72.7173)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BE0 #E0BE49

analogous

#49B6E0 #496BE0 #7249E0

triadic

#496BE0 #E0496B #6BE049

tetradic

#496BE0 #E049B6 #E0BE49 #49E072

square

#496BE0 #E049B6 #E0BE49 #49E072

split-complementary

#496BE0 #E07249 #B6E049

monochromatic

#193595 #2248C9 #496BE0 #7D96E9 #B2C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#496BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#496BE0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BE0

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BE0	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7BE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.182 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94ea',
    500: '#496be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496be0;
$custom-light: #8c94ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.49,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56683,
    "c": 0.18218,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BE0

secondary

#E0D3A4

accent

#C53AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BE0

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

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