#496DC8#496DC8

#496DC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.147 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DC8
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 200)
HSL	hsl(223, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(223, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 16.12, -51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 53.77, 287.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% -0.0112 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.147 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6380, 16.5222, 56.8393)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DC8 #C8A449

analogous

#49ACC8 #496DC8 #6449C8

triadic

#496DC8 #C8496D #6DC849

tetradic

#496DC8 #C849AC #C8A449 #49C864

square

#496DC8 #C849AC #C8A449 #49C864

split-complementary

#496DC8 #C86449 #ACC849

monochromatic

#233A74 #3151A3 #496DC8 #7893D6 #A7B8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#496DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#496DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DC8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DC8	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.147 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8896d9',
    500: '#496dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dc8;
$custom-light: #8896d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.992,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55433,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DC8

secondary

#D2C29B

accent

#B44BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DC8

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

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