#496CC5#496CC5

#496CC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.144 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CC5
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 197)
HSL	hsl(223, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(223, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 45.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 15.70, -50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 52.69, 287.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% -0.0107 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.144 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1848, 16.1712, 54.9755)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CC5 #C5A249

analogous

#49AAC5 #496CC5 #6449C5

triadic

#496CC5 #C5496C #6CC549

tetradic

#496CC5 #C549AA #C5A249 #49C564

square

#496CC5 #C549AA #C5A249 #49C564

split-complementary

#496CC5 #C56449 #AAC549

monochromatic

#243970 #32519E #496CC5 #7791D4 #A6B7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#496CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#496CC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CC5

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CC5	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4176C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.144 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8795d7',
    500: '#496cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cc5;
$custom-light: #8795d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.065,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55028,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CC5

secondary

#D0C19A

accent

#B34DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CC5

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

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