#496CE8#496CE8

#496CE8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.192 H 268.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496CE8
RGB	rgb(73, 108, 232)
HSL	hsl(227, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(227, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 53.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 27.95, -66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 72.19, 292.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% -0.0068 -0.1915)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.192 268)
XYZ	xyz(22.6707, 17.9655, 78.6012)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496CE8 #E8C549

analogous

#49BCE8 #496CE8 #7549E8

triadic

#496CE8 #E8496C #6CE849

tetradic

#496CE8 #E849BC #E8C549 #49E875

square

#496CE8 #E849BC #E8C549 #49E875

split-complementary

#496CE8 #E87549 #BCE849

monochromatic

#1434A2 #1B45D8 #496CE8 #7F98EF #B6C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#496CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#496CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496CE8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496CE8	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 108, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.192 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e95f0',
    500: '#496ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ce8;
$custom-light: #8e95f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.792,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57464,
    "c": 0.1916,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.17968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496CE8

secondary

#E5D8A8

accent

#CA34F4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #496CE8

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

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