#496EC9#496EC9

#496EC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.147 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EC9
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 201)
HSL	hsl(223, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(223, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 45.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 15.84, -51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 53.72, 287.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% -0.0121 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.147 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8626, 16.7837, 57.4925)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EC9 #C9A449

analogous

#49AEC9 #496EC9 #6449C9

triadic

#496EC9 #C9496E #6EC949

tetradic

#496EC9 #C949AE #C9A449 #49C964

square

#496EC9 #C949AE #C9A449 #49C964

split-complementary

#496EC9 #C96449 #AEC949

monochromatic

#233A75 #3152A4 #496EC9 #7894D7 #A7B9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#496EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#496EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496EC9

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496EC9	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C6CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.147 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897da',
    500: '#496ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ec9;
$custom-light: #8897da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.656,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55709,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EC9

secondary

#D2C29C

accent

#B34ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EC9

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

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