#496CB5#496CB5

#496CB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.122 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CB5
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 181)
HSL	hsl(221, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 10.18, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 43.71, 283.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% -0.0137 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.122 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4478, 15.4764, 45.8276)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CB5 #B59249

analogous

#49A2B5 #496CB5 #5C49B5

triadic

#496CB5 #B5496C #6CB549

tetradic

#496CB5 #B549A2 #B59249 #49B55C

square

#496CB5 #B549A2 #B59249 #49B55C

split-complementary

#496CB5 #B55C49 #A2B549

monochromatic

#26385E #375289 #496CB5 #748FC7 #A0B2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#496CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#496CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CB5

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CB5	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D73B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.122 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8595cb',
    500: '#496cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cb5;
$custom-light: #8595cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.556,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54023,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CB5

secondary

#C5B594

accent

#AA55D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CB5

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

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