#496CC3#496CC3

#496CC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.141 H 265.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CC3
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 195)
HSL	hsl(223, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(223, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 44.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 15.01, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 51.57, 286.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% -0.011 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.141 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9571, 16.0801, 53.7766)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CC3 #C3A049

analogous

#49A9C3 #496CC3 #6349C3

triadic

#496CC3 #C3496C #6CC349

tetradic

#496CC3 #C349A9 #C3A049 #49C363

square

#496CC3 #C349A9 #C3A049 #49C363

split-complementary

#496CC3 #C36349 #A9C349

monochromatic

#24396E #33519C #496CC3 #7791D2 #A5B6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#496CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#496CC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CC3

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CC3	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4376C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.141 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8795d6',
    500: '#496cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cc3;
$custom-light: #8795d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.787,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54898,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CC3

secondary

#CEBF99

accent

#B24EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CC3

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

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