#496CE5#496CE5

#496CE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.188 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CE5
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 229)
HSL	hsl(227, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 52.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 26.90, -65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 70.54, 292.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.007 -0.1875)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.188 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2482, 17.7965, 76.3761)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CE5 #E5C249

analogous

#49BAE5 #496CE5 #7449E5

triadic

#496CE5 #E5496C #6CE549

tetradic

#496CE5 #E549BA #E5C249 #49E574

square

#496CE5 #E549BA #E5C249 #49E574

split-complementary

#496CE5 #E57449 #BAE549

monochromatic

#16359D #1E47D3 #496CE5 #7F97ED #B4C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#496CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#496CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CE5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496CE5	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#157CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.188 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d95ee',
    500: '#496ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ce5;
$custom-light: #8d95ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.538,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57243,
    "c": 0.18762,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CE5

secondary

#E3D6A6

accent

#C836F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CE5

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

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