#496CDC#496CDC

#496CDC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.176 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CDC
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 220)
HSL	hsl(226, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 50.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 23.75, -61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 65.55, 291.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.0078 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.176 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0240, 17.3069, 69.9289)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CDC #DCB949

analogous

#49B6DC #496CDC #6F49DC

triadic

#496CDC #DC496C #6CDC49

tetradic

#496CDC #DC49B6 #DCB949 #49DC6F

square

#496CDC #DC49B6 #DCB949 #49DC6F

split-complementary

#496CDC #DC6F49 #B6DC49

monochromatic

#1C378F #254BC2 #496CDC #7C95E6 #B0BFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#496CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#496CDC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CDC

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CDC	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.176 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b95e8',
    500: '#496cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cdc;
$custom-light: #8b95e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56594,
    "c": 0.17558,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CDC

secondary

#DED0A3

accent

#C13DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FD

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CDC

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

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