#496EB9#496EB9

#496EB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.125 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EB9
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 185)
HSL	hsl(220, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(220, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 40.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 10.31, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 44.78, 283.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% -0.015 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.125 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0775, 16.0696, 48.0913)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EB9 #B99449

analogous

#49A6B9 #496EB9 #5C49B9

triadic

#496EB9 #B9496E #6EB949

tetradic

#496EB9 #B949A6 #B99449 #49B95C

square

#496EB9 #B949A6 #B99449 #49B95C

split-complementary

#496EB9 #B95C49 #A6B949

monochromatic

#263A62 #37548E #496EB9 #7591CA #A1B4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#496EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#496EB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496EB9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496EB9	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D75BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.125 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8597ce',
    500: '#496eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496eb9;
$custom-light: #8597ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.179,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54702,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EB9

secondary

#C8B796

accent

#AA54D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EB9

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

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