#496DC9#496DC9

#496DC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.148 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DC9
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 201)
HSL	hsl(223, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(223, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 45.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 16.47, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 54.33, 287.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% -0.0111 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.148 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7553, 16.5691, 57.4568)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DC9 #C9A549

analogous

#49ADC9 #496DC9 #6549C9

triadic

#496DC9 #C9496D #6DC949

tetradic

#496DC9 #C949AD #C9A549 #49C965

square

#496DC9 #C949AD #C9A549 #49C965

split-complementary

#496DC9 #C96549 #ADC949

monochromatic

#233A75 #3151A4 #496DC9 #7893D7 #A7B9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#496DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#496DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DC9

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DC9	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4077CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.148 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8896da',
    500: '#496dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dc9;
$custom-light: #8896da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.125,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55499,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DC9

secondary

#D2C39C

accent

#B44ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DC9

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

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