#496DD4#496DD4

#496DD4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.164 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DD4
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 212)
HSL	hsl(224, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 48.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 20.32, -56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 60.48, 289.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% -0.0095 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.164 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0959, 17.1053, 64.5172)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DD4 #D4B049

analogous

#49B3D4 #496DD4 #6A49D4

triadic

#496DD4 #D4496D #6DD449

tetradic

#496DD4 #D449B3 #D4B049 #49D46A

square

#496DD4 #D449B3 #D4B049 #49D46A

split-complementary

#496DD4 #D46A49 #B3D449

monochromatic

#1F3984 #2B4FB5 #496DD4 #7B95E0 #ACBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#496DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#496DD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DD4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DD4	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#126DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.164 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96e2',
    500: '#496dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dd4;
$custom-light: #8a96e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.46,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56237,
    "c": 0.1635,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DD4

secondary

#D9CAA0

accent

#BB43E5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DD4

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

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