#496BE6#496BE6

#496BE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.190 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496BE6
RGB	rgb(73, 107, 230)
HSL	hsl(227, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 53.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 27.88, -66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 71.71, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% -0.0061 -0.1901)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.19 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2834, 17.6428, 77.0786)
Luminance	0.1764 (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

#496BE6 #E6C449

analogous

#49BAE6 #496BE6 #7649E6

triadic

#496BE6 #E6496B #6BE649

tetradic

#496BE6 #E649BA #E6C449 #49E676

square

#496BE6 #E649BA #E6C449 #49E676

split-complementary

#496BE6 #E67649 #BAE649

monochromatic

#16339F #1D45D5 #496BE6 #7F97ED #B5C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#496BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#496BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496BE6

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496BE6	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 107, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.190 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d94ef',
    500: '#496be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496be6;
$custom-light: #8d94ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.006,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57123,
    "c": 0.19016,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496BE6

secondary

#E4D7A7

accent

#C935F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496BE6

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

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