#496CE1#496CE1

#496CE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.182 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CE1
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 225)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 52%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 25.50, -63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 68.33, 291.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% -0.0073 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.182 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6961, 17.5757, 73.4686)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CE1 #E1BE49

analogous

#49B8E1 #496CE1 #7249E1

triadic

#496CE1 #E1496C #6CE149

tetradic

#496CE1 #E149B8 #E1BE49 #49E172

square

#496CE1 #E149B8 #E1BE49 #49E172

split-complementary

#496CE1 #E17249 #B8E149

monochromatic

#193697 #2249CB #496CE1 #7E96EA #B2C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#496CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#496CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CE1

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CE1	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.182 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95eb',
    500: '#496ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ce1;
$custom-light: #8c95eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.184,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56952,
    "c": 0.1823,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CE1

secondary

#E1D3A5

accent

#C539EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CE1

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

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