#496DE5#496DE5

#496DE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.186 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DE5
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 229)
HSL	hsl(226, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 52.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 26.28, -64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 69.91, 292.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% -0.0078 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.186 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3543, 18.0087, 76.4115)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DE5 #E5C149

analogous

#49BBE5 #496DE5 #7349E5

triadic

#496DE5 #E5496D #6DE549

tetradic

#496DE5 #E549BB #E5C149 #49E573

square

#496DE5 #E549BB #E5C149 #49E573

split-complementary

#496DE5 #E57349 #BBE549

monochromatic

#16369D #1E48D3 #496DE5 #7F98ED #B4C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#496DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#496DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496DE5

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496DE5	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.186 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d96ee',
    500: '#496de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496de5;
$custom-light: #8d96ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57438,
    "c": 0.18641,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DE5

secondary

#E3D5A6

accent

#C636F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DE5

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

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