#496EC8#496EC8

#496EC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.146 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EC8
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 200)
HSL	hsl(223, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(223, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 45%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 15.50, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 53.16, 286.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% -0.0122 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.146 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7453, 16.7368, 56.8750)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EC8 #C8A349

analogous

#49ADC8 #496EC8 #6349C8

triadic

#496EC8 #C8496E #6EC849

tetradic

#496EC8 #C849AD #C8A349 #49C863

square

#496EC8 #C849AD #C8A349 #49C863

split-complementary

#496EC8 #C86349 #ADC849

monochromatic

#233A74 #3152A3 #496EC8 #7893D6 #A7B9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#496EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#496EC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496EC8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496EC8	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4378CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.146 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897d9',
    500: '#496ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ec8;
$custom-light: #8897d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.52,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55644,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EC8

secondary

#D2C29B

accent

#B24BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EC8

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

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