#496DD9#496DD9

#496DD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.170 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DD9
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 217)
HSL	hsl(225, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 22.07, -59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 63.26, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.009 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.17 267)
XYZ	xyz(20.7364, 17.3615, 67.8905)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DD9 #D9B549

analogous

#49B5D9 #496DD9 #6D49D9

triadic

#496DD9 #D9496D #6DD949

tetradic

#496DD9 #D949B5 #D9B549 #49D96D

square

#496DD9 #D949B5 #D9B549 #49D96D

split-complementary

#496DD9 #D96D49 #B5D949

monochromatic

#1D388B #284DBD #496DD9 #7C96E4 #AEBEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#496DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#496DD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DD9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DD9	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.170 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b96e5',
    500: '#496dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dd9;
$custom-light: #8b96e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56583,
    "c": 0.17031,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.17363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DD9

secondary

#DCCEA2

accent

#BE3FE8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DD9

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

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