#496DE1#496DE1

#496DE1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.181 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DE1
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 225)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 24.87, -62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 67.70, 291.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.0082 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.181 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8022, 17.7879, 73.5040)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DE1 #E1BD49

analogous

#49B9E1 #496DE1 #7149E1

triadic

#496DE1 #E1496D #6DE149

tetradic

#496DE1 #E149B9 #E1BD49 #49E171

square

#496DE1 #E149B9 #E1BD49 #49E171

split-complementary

#496DE1 #E17149 #B9E149

monochromatic

#193797 #224ACB #496DE1 #7E97EA #B2C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#496DE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#496DE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DE1

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DE1	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496de1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.181 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c96eb',
    500: '#496de1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496de1;
$custom-light: #8c96eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496de1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.789,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57149,
    "c": 0.18107,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DE1

secondary

#E1D3A5

accent

#C439EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DE1

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

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