#496DD7#496DD7

#496DD7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.168 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DD7
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 215)
HSL	hsl(225, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 49.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 21.37, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 62.15, 290.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% -0.0092 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.168 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4778, 17.2581, 66.5288)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DD7 #D7B349

analogous

#49B4D7 #496DD7 #6C49D7

triadic

#496DD7 #D7496D #6DD749

tetradic

#496DD7 #D749B4 #D7B349 #49D76C

square

#496DD7 #D749B4 #D7B349 #49D76C

split-complementary

#496DD7 #D76C49 #B4D749

monochromatic

#1E3988 #294EBA #496DD7 #7B95E2 #ADBDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#496DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#496DD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DD7

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DD7	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#046DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.168 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96e4',
    500: '#496dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dd7;
$custom-light: #8a96e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.789,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56444,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DD7

secondary

#DBCCA1

accent

#BD41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DD7

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

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