#496CE6#496CE6

#496CE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.189 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#496CE6
RGBrgb(73, 108, 230)
HSLhsl(227, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(227, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 53%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(49.32, 27.25, -65.66)
CIE-LCHlch(49.32, 71.09, 292.54°)
OKLaboklab(57.32% -0.0069 -0.1888)
OKLCHoklch(57.32% 0.189 267.9)
XYZxyz(22.3882, 17.8526, 77.1136)
Luminance0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#496CE6 #E6C349
analogous
#49BBE6 #496CE6 #7549E6
triadic
#496CE6 #E6496C #6CE649
tetradic
#496CE6 #E649BB #E6C349 #49E675
square
#496CE6 #E649BB #E6C349 #49E675
split-complementary
#496CE6 #E67549 #BBE649
monochromatic
#16349F #1D46D5 #496CE6 #7F97ED #B5C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59
#496CE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57
#496CE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496CE6
4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##496CE6#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##496CE61.004.594.574.59
#FFFFFF4.591.0021.001.00
#0000004.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.591.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#127DEA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006EE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00899F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #496ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.189 267.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d95ef',
    500: '#496ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #496ce6;
$custom-light: #8d95ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#496ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.624,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57316,
    "c": 0.18895,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#496CE6
secondary
#E4D6A7
accent
#C835F2
background
#F9F9FE
surface
#F2F1FD
border
#CCCBD5
text
#0E0D16
muted
#7E7E84

Preview Lab

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#496CE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva