#496CD9#496CD9

#496CD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.172 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CD9
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(225, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 22.70, -59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 63.88, 290.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% -0.0081 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.172 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6303, 17.1494, 67.8551)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CD9 #D9B649

analogous

#49B4D9 #496CD9 #6E49D9

triadic

#496CD9 #D9496C #6CD949

tetradic

#496CD9 #D949B4 #D9B649 #49D96E

square

#496CD9 #D949B4 #D9B649 #49D96E

split-complementary

#496CD9 #D96E49 #B4D949

monochromatic

#1D388B #284CBD #496CD9 #7C95E4 #AEBEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#496CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#496CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CD9

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CD9	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.172 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b95e5',
    500: '#496cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cd9;
$custom-light: #8b95e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.417,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56382,
    "c": 0.17153,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CD9

secondary

#DCCEA2

accent

#BF3FE8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CD9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →