#496DD0#496DD0

#496DD0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.158 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DD0
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 208)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 47.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 18.92, -55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 58.24, 288.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% -0.0101 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.158 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5975, 16.9060, 61.8927)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DD0 #D0AC49

analogous

#49B0D0 #496DD0 #6849D0

triadic

#496DD0 #D0496D #6DD049

tetradic

#496DD0 #D049B0 #D0AC49 #49D068

square

#496DD0 #D049B0 #D0AC49 #49D068

split-complementary

#496DD0 #D06849 #B0D049

monochromatic

#21397E #2D50AF #496DD0 #7A94DD #AABBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#496DD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#496DD0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DD0

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DD0	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A79D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D6CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.158 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996df',
    500: '#496dd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dd0;
$custom-light: #8996df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55965,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DD0

secondary

#D7C89E

accent

#B846E2

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DD0

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

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