#496CCE#496CCE

#496CCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.157 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CCE
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 206)
HSL	hsl(224, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 47.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 18.84, -54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 57.74, 289.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% -0.0094 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.157 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2470, 16.5960, 60.5696)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CCE #CEAB49

analogous

#49AECE #496CCE #6949CE

triadic

#496CCE #CE496C #6CCE49

tetradic

#496CCE #CE49AE #CEAB49 #49CE69

square

#496CCE #CE49AE #CEAB49 #49CE69

split-complementary

#496CCE #CE6949 #AECE49

monochromatic

#21397B #2E4FAC #496CCE #7993DB #A9BAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#496CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#496CCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CCE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CCE	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3978D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E6CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.157 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995dd',
    500: '#496cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cce;
$custom-light: #8995dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55624,
    "c": 0.1565,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CCE

secondary

#D5C79D

accent

#B847E1

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CCE

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

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