#496DDE#496DDE

#496DDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.177 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DDE
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 50.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 23.82, -61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 66.04, 291.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.0084 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.177 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3966, 17.6256, 71.3676)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DDE #DEBA49

analogous

#49B8DE #496DDE #6F49DE

triadic

#496DDE #DE496D #6DDE49

tetradic

#496DDE #DE49B8 #DEBA49 #49DE6F

square

#496DDE #DE49B8 #DEBA49 #49DE6F

split-complementary

#496DDE #DE6F49 #B8DE49

monochromatic

#1A3792 #244BC6 #496DDE #7D97E7 #B1C0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#496DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#496DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DDE

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DDE	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.177 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c96e9',
    500: '#496dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496dde;
$custom-light: #8c96e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.503,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56935,
    "c": 0.17705,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DDE

secondary

#DFD1A4

accent

#C13CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DDE

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

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