#496BE4#496BE4

#496BE4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.188 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BE4
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 228)
HSL	hsl(227, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 53.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 27.18, -65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 70.61, 292.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% -0.0062 -0.1874)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.188 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0041, 17.5311, 75.6080)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496BE4 #E4C249

analogous

#49B9E4 #496BE4 #7549E4

triadic

#496BE4 #E4496B #6BE449

tetradic

#496BE4 #E449B9 #E4C249 #49E475

square

#496BE4 #E449B9 #E4C249 #49E475

split-complementary

#496BE4 #E47549 #B9E449

monochromatic

#17349C #1F46D1 #496BE4 #7E96EC #B4C2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#496BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#496BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BE4

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BE4	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.188 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d94ed',
    500: '#496be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496be4;
$custom-light: #8d94ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.839,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56975,
    "c": 0.1875,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BE4

secondary

#E3D5A6

accent

#C837F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BE4

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

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