#496CD2#496CD2

#496CD2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.162 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CD2
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 210)
HSL	hsl(225, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 48.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 20.24, -56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 59.98, 289.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% -0.0089 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.162 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7391, 16.7929, 63.1614)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CD2 #D2AF49

analogous

#49B0D2 #496CD2 #6B49D2

triadic

#496CD2 #D2496C #6CD249

tetradic

#496CD2 #D249B0 #D2AF49 #49D26B

square

#496CD2 #D249B0 #D2AF49 #49D26B

split-complementary

#496CD2 #D26B49 #B0D249

monochromatic

#203981 #2C4EB2 #496CD2 #7A94DE #ABBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#496CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#496CD2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CD2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CD2	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3578D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#136CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.162 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95e0',
    500: '#496cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cd2;
$custom-light: #8a95e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.672,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55896,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CD2

secondary

#D8C99F

accent

#BB44E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CD2

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

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