#496EBA#496EBA

#496EBA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.126 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EBA
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 186)
HSL	hsl(220, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(220, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 40.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 10.65, -44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 45.34, 283.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% -0.0148 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.126 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1834, 16.1120, 48.6492)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EBA #BA9549

analogous

#49A6BA #496EBA #5C49BA

triadic

#496EBA #BA496E #6EBA49

tetradic

#496EBA #BA49A6 #BA9549 #49BA5C

square

#496EBA #BA49A6 #BA9549 #49BA5C

split-complementary

#496EBA #BA5C49 #A6BA49

monochromatic

#263A63 #36548F #496EBA #7591CB #A2B5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#496EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#496EBA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496EBA

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496EBA	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D75BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.126 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8597cf',
    500: '#496eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496eba;
$custom-light: #8597cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.354,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54763,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EBA

secondary

#C8B896

accent

#AA53D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EBA

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

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