#496DE4#496DE4

#496DE4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.185 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DE4
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 228)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 52.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 25.93, -64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 69.36, 291.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0079 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.185 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2150, 17.9530, 75.6783)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DE4 #E4C049

analogous

#49BAE4 #496DE4 #7349E4

triadic

#496DE4 #E4496D #6DE449

tetradic

#496DE4 #E449BA #E4C049 #49E473

square

#496DE4 #E449BA #E4C049 #49E473

split-complementary

#496DE4 #E47349 #BAE449

monochromatic

#17369C #1F48D1 #496DE4 #7E98EC #B4C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#496DE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#496DE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496DE4

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496DE4	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496de4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.185 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d96ed',
    500: '#496de4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496de4;
$custom-light: #8d96ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496de4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.065,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57365,
    "c": 0.18508,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DE4

secondary

#E3D5A6

accent

#C637F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DE4

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

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