#496CDE#496CDE

#496CDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.178 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CDE
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 51.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 24.45, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 66.66, 291.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% -0.0076 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.178 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2905, 17.4135, 71.3322)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CDE #DEBB49

analogous

#49B6DE #496CDE #7049DE

triadic

#496CDE #DE496C #6CDE49

tetradic

#496CDE #DE49B6 #DEBB49 #49DE70

square

#496CDE #DE49B6 #DEBB49 #49DE70

split-complementary

#496CDE #DE7049 #B6DE49

monochromatic

#1A3792 #244AC6 #496CDE #7D96E7 #B1C0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#496CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#496CDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CDE

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CDE	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.178 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95e9',
    500: '#496cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496cde;
$custom-light: #8c95e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.906,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56736,
    "c": 0.17827,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CDE

secondary

#DFD1A4

accent

#C33CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CDE

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

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