#496CC9#496CC9

#496CC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.150 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CC9
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 201)
HSL	hsl(224, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 46.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 17.10, -52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 54.94, 288.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% -0.0101 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.15 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6492, 16.3569, 57.4214)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CC9 #C9A649

analogous

#49ACC9 #496CC9 #6649C9

triadic

#496CC9 #C9496C #6CC949

tetradic

#496CC9 #C949AC #C9A649 #49C966

square

#496CC9 #C949AC #C9A649 #49C966

split-complementary

#496CC9 #C96649 #ACC949

monochromatic

#233975 #3150A4 #496CC9 #7892D7 #A7B8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#496CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#496CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CC9

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CC9	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E77CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.150 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8895da',
    500: '#496cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cc9;
$custom-light: #8895da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.594,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5529,
    "c": 0.14959,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CC9

secondary

#D2C39C

accent

#B54ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CC9

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

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