#496CDD#496CDD

#496CDD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.177 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CDD
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 51.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 24.10, -61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 66.11, 291.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.0077 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.177 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1569, 17.3600, 70.6284)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CDD #DDBA49

analogous

#49B6DD #496CDD #7049DD

triadic

#496CDD #DD496C #6CDD49

tetradic

#496CDD #DD49B6 #DDBA49 #49DD70

square

#496CDD #DD49B6 #DDBA49 #49DD70

split-complementary

#496CDD #DD7049 #B6DD49

monochromatic

#1B3791 #254AC4 #496CDD #7D96E7 #B0BFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#496CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#496CDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CDD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CDD	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.177 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95e8',
    500: '#496cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cdd;
$custom-light: #8c95e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.811,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56665,
    "c": 0.17693,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CDD

secondary

#DFD1A3

accent

#C23CEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CDD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →