#496DE3#496DE3

#496DE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.184 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DE3
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 227)
HSL	hsl(226, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 52%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 25.58, -63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 68.81, 291.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% -0.008 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.184 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0766, 17.8976, 74.9493)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DE3 #E3BF49

analogous

#49BAE3 #496DE3 #7249E3

triadic

#496DE3 #E3496D #6DE349

tetradic

#496DE3 #E349BA #E3BF49 #49E372

square

#496DE3 #E349BA #E3BF49 #49E372

split-complementary

#496DE3 #E37249 #BAE349

monochromatic

#18369A #2049CF #496DE3 #7E98EB #B3C2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#496DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#496DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496DE3

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496DE3	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.184 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d96ed',
    500: '#496de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496de3;
$custom-light: #8d96ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.974,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57293,
    "c": 0.18375,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DE3

secondary

#E2D4A6

accent

#C538F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DE3

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

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