#496DD1#496DD1

#496DD1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.159 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DD1
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 209)
HSL	hsl(224, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 47.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 19.26, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 58.80, 289.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% -0.0099 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.159 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7209, 16.9554, 62.5427)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DD1 #D1AD49

analogous

#49B1D1 #496DD1 #6949D1

triadic

#496DD1 #D1496D #6DD149

tetradic

#496DD1 #D149B1 #D1AD49 #49D169

square

#496DD1 #D149B1 #D1AD49 #49D169

split-complementary

#496DD1 #D16949 #B1D149

monochromatic

#20397F #2D4FB0 #496DD1 #7A94DD #ABBBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#496DD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#496DD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DD1

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DD1	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3979D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B6DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.159 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996e0',
    500: '#496dd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dd1;
$custom-light: #8996e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.118,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56033,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DD1

secondary

#D7C89E

accent

#B945E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DD1

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

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