#496CD1#496CD1

#496CD1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.161 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CD1
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 209)
HSL	hsl(225, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 48.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 19.89, -55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 59.42, 289.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% -0.009 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.161 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6149, 16.7432, 62.5073)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CD1 #D1AE49

analogous

#49B0D1 #496CD1 #6A49D1

triadic

#496CD1 #D1496C #6CD149

tetradic

#496CD1 #D149B0 #D1AE49 #49D16A

square

#496CD1 #D149B0 #D1AE49 #49D16A

split-complementary

#496CD1 #D16A49 #B0D149

monochromatic

#20397F #2D4EB0 #496CD1 #7A93DD #ABBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#496CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#496CD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CD1

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CD1	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3678D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#166CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.161 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995e0',
    500: '#496cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cd1;
$custom-light: #8995e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.559,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55828,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CD1

secondary

#D7C99E

accent

#BA45E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CD1

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

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