#496CD4#496CD4

#496CD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.165 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CD4
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 212)
HSL	hsl(225, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 49.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 20.94, -57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 61.09, 290.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% -0.0086 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.165 267)
XYZ	xyz(19.9898, 16.8932, 64.4818)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CD4 #D4B149

analogous

#49B1D4 #496CD4 #6B49D4

triadic

#496CD4 #D4496C #6CD449

tetradic

#496CD4 #D449B1 #D4B149 #49D46B

square

#496CD4 #D449B1 #D4B149 #49D46B

split-complementary

#496CD4 #D46B49 #B1D449

monochromatic

#1F3884 #2B4EB5 #496CD4 #7B94E0 #ACBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#496CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#496CD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CD4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CD4	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3379D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B6CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.165 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95e2',
    500: '#496cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cd4;
$custom-light: #8a95e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.892,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56034,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.16895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CD4

secondary

#D9CBA0

accent

#BC43E5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CD4

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

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