#496CD3#496CD3

#496CD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.163 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CD3
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(225, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 20.59, -56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 60.54, 289.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% -0.0087 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.163 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8640, 16.8429, 63.8196)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CD3 #D3B049

analogous

#49B1D3 #496CD3 #6B49D3

triadic

#496CD3 #D3496C #6CD349

tetradic

#496CD3 #D349B1 #D3B049 #49D36B

square

#496CD3 #D349B1 #D3B049 #49D36B

split-complementary

#496CD3 #D36B49 #B1D349

monochromatic

#1F3882 #2B4EB3 #496CD3 #7A94DF #ACBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#496CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#496CD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CD3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CD3	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3479D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.163 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95e1',
    500: '#496cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cd3;
$custom-light: #8a95e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.783,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55965,
    "c": 0.16336,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CD3

secondary

#D9CA9F

accent

#BB44E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CD3

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

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