#496DE6#496DE6

#496DE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.188 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496DE6
RGB	rgb(73, 109, 230)
HSL	hsl(226, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 52.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 26.63, -65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 70.47, 292.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0077 -0.1876)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.188 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4943, 18.0647, 77.1489)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496DE6 #E6C249

analogous

#49BCE6 #496DE6 #7449E6

triadic

#496DE6 #E6496D #6DE649

tetradic

#496DE6 #E649BC #E6C249 #49E674

square

#496DE6 #E649BC #E6C249 #49E674

split-complementary

#496DE6 #E67449 #BCE649

monochromatic

#16359F #1D47D5 #496DE6 #7F98ED #B5C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#496DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#496DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496DE6

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496DE6	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 109, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.188 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d96ef',
    500: '#496de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496de6;
$custom-light: #8d96ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.242,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57511,
    "c": 0.18774,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496DE6

secondary

#E4D6A7

accent

#C735F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496DE6

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

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