#496DD6#496DD6

#496DD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.166 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DD6
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 214)
HSL	hsl(225, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 49.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 21.02, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 61.59, 289.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% -0.0093 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.166 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3497, 17.2069, 65.8541)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DD6 #D6B249

analogous

#49B4D6 #496DD6 #6C49D6

triadic

#496DD6 #D6496D #6DD649

tetradic

#496DD6 #D649B4 #D6B249 #49D66C

square

#496DD6 #D649B4 #D6B249 #49D66C

split-complementary

#496DD6 #D66C49 #B4D649

monochromatic

#1E3986 #2A4EB8 #496DD6 #7B95E1 #ADBDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#496DD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#496DD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DD6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DD6	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#096DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.166 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96e3',
    500: '#496dd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dd6;
$custom-light: #8a96e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.681,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56375,
    "c": 0.16623,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DD6

secondary

#DACCA0

accent

#BC42E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DD6

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

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