#496DB9#496DB9

#496DB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.126 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DB9
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 185)
HSL	hsl(221, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(221, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 41.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 10.93, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 45.36, 283.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% -0.014 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.126 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9702, 15.8551, 48.0556)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DB9 #B99549

analogous

#49A5B9 #496DB9 #5D49B9

triadic

#496DB9 #B9496D #6DB949

tetradic

#496DB9 #B949A5 #B99549 #49B95D

square

#496DB9 #B949A5 #B99549 #49B95D

split-complementary

#496DB9 #B95D49 #A5B949

monochromatic

#263962 #37538E #496DB9 #7590CA #A1B4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#496DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#496DB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DB9

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DB9	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C74BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.126 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8596ce',
    500: '#496db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496db9;
$custom-light: #8596ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.714,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54484,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DB9

secondary

#C8B896

accent

#AB54D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DB9

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

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