#496BE1#496BE1

#496BE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.184 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BE1
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 225)
HSL	hsl(227, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 52.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 26.13, -63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 68.95, 292.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0064 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.184 268)
XYZ	xyz(21.5913, 17.3660, 73.4337)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BE1 #E1BF49

analogous

#49B7E1 #496BE1 #7349E1

triadic

#496BE1 #E1496B #6BE149

tetradic

#496BE1 #E149B7 #E1BF49 #49E173

square

#496BE1 #E149B7 #E1BF49 #49E173

split-complementary

#496BE1 #E17349 #B7E149

monochromatic

#193597 #2247CB #496BE1 #7E96EA #B2C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#496BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#496BE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BE1

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BE1	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B7BE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.184 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94eb',
    500: '#496be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496be1;
$custom-light: #8c94eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.579,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56756,
    "c": 0.18351,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.17368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BE1

secondary

#E1D4A5

accent

#C639EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BE1

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

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