#496CD7#496CD7

#496CD7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.169 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CD7
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 215)
HSL	hsl(225, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 49.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 21.99, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 62.77, 290.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% -0.0083 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.169 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3717, 17.0460, 66.4934)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CD7 #D7B449

analogous

#49B3D7 #496CD7 #6D49D7

triadic

#496CD7 #D7496C #6CD749

tetradic

#496CD7 #D749B3 #D7B449 #49D76D

square

#496CD7 #D749B3 #D7B449 #49D76D

split-complementary

#496CD7 #D76D49 #B3D749

monochromatic

#1E3888 #294DBA #496CD7 #7B95E2 #ADBDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#496CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#496CD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CD7

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CD7	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.169 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95e4',
    500: '#496cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cd7;
$custom-light: #8a95e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.211,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56242,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CD7

secondary

#DBCDA1

accent

#BE41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CD7

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

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