#496CC1#496CC1

#496CC1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.138 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CC1
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 193)
HSL	hsl(223, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(223, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 44%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 14.32, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 50.44, 286.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% -0.0114 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.138 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7325, 15.9903, 52.5937)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CC1 #C19E49

analogous

#49A8C1 #496CC1 #6249C1

triadic

#496CC1 #C1496C #6CC149

tetradic

#496CC1 #C149A8 #C19E49 #49C162

square

#496CC1 #C149A8 #C19E49 #49C162

split-complementary

#496CC1 #C16249 #A8C149

monochromatic

#24396B #345199 #496CC1 #7791D1 #A4B6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#496CC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#496CC1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CC1

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CC1	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4575C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.138 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8795d4',
    500: '#496cc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cc1;
$custom-light: #8795d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5477,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CC1

secondary

#CDBE99

accent

#B14FD9

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CC1

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

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