#496CE3#496CE3

#496CE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.185 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CE3
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 227)
HSL	hsl(226, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 52.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 26.20, -64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 69.43, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% -0.0071 -0.1848)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.185 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9706, 17.6855, 74.9139)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CE3 #E3C049

analogous

#49B9E3 #496CE3 #7349E3

triadic

#496CE3 #E3496C #6CE349

tetradic

#496CE3 #E349B9 #E3C049 #49E373

square

#496CE3 #E349B9 #E3C049 #49E373

split-complementary

#496CE3 #E37349 #B9E349

monochromatic

#18359A #2048CF #496CE3 #7E97EB #B3C2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#496CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#496CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CE3

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CE3	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.185 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d95ed',
    500: '#496ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ce3;
$custom-light: #8d95ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57097,
    "c": 0.18496,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CE3

secondary

#E2D4A6

accent

#C638F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CE3

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

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