#496DD5#496DD5

#496DD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.165 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DD5
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 213)
HSL	hsl(225, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 48.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 20.67, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 61.04, 289.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% -0.0094 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.165 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2224, 17.1559, 65.1836)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DD5 #D5B149

analogous

#49B3D5 #496DD5 #6B49D5

triadic

#496DD5 #D5496D #6DD549

tetradic

#496DD5 #D549B3 #D5B149 #49D56B

square

#496DD5 #D549B3 #D5B149 #49D56B

split-complementary

#496DD5 #D56B49 #B3D549

monochromatic

#1F3985 #2A4EB7 #496DD5 #7B95E0 #ACBDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#496DD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#496DD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DD5

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DD5	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E6DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.165 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96e2',
    500: '#496dd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dd5;
$custom-light: #8a96e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56306,
    "c": 0.16487,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DD5

secondary

#DACBA0

accent

#BC42E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DD5

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

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