#496CD8#496CD8

#496CD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.170 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CD8
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(225, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 22.34, -59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 63.33, 290.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% -0.0082 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.17 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5006, 17.0975, 67.1722)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CD8 #D8B549

analogous

#49B3D8 #496CD8 #6E49D8

triadic

#496CD8 #D8496C #6CD849

tetradic

#496CD8 #D849B3 #D8B549 #49D86E

square

#496CD8 #D849B3 #D8B549 #49D86E

split-complementary

#496CD8 #D86E49 #B3D849

monochromatic

#1D3889 #284CBC #496CD8 #7B95E3 #AEBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#496CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#496CD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CD8

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CD8	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.170 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b95e5',
    500: '#496cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cd8;
$custom-light: #8b95e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.315,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56312,
    "c": 0.17018,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CD8

secondary

#DCCDA1

accent

#BF40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CD8

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

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