#496CC2#496CC2

#496CC2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.140 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CC2
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 194)
HSL	hsl(223, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(223, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 44.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 14.66, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 51.00, 286.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% -0.0112 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.14 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8445, 16.0351, 53.1832)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CC2 #C29F49

analogous

#49A8C2 #496CC2 #6349C2

triadic

#496CC2 #C2496C #6CC249

tetradic

#496CC2 #C249A8 #C29F49 #49C263

square

#496CC2 #C249A8 #C29F49 #49C263

split-complementary

#496CC2 #C26349 #A8C249

monochromatic

#24396C #34519A #496CC2 #7791D1 #A5B6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#496CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#496CC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CC2

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CC2	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4475C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.140 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8795d5',
    500: '#496cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cc2;
$custom-light: #8795d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.645,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54834,
    "c": 0.13984,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CC2

secondary

#CEBF99

accent

#B14ED9

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CC2

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

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