#496ED0#496ED0

#496ED0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.157 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496ED0
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 208)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 47.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 18.29, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 57.63, 288.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% -0.011 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.157 266)
XYZ	xyz(19.7048, 17.1206, 61.9284)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496ED0 #D0AB49

analogous

#49B1D0 #496ED0 #6849D0

triadic

#496ED0 #D0496E #6ED049

tetradic

#496ED0 #D049B1 #D0AB49 #49D068

square

#496ED0 #D049B1 #D0AB49 #49D068

split-complementary

#496ED0 #D06849 #B1D049

monochromatic

#213A7E #2D51AF #496ED0 #7A95DD #AABCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#496ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#496ED0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496ED0

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496ED0	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C79D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#216DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.157 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997df',
    500: '#496ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ed0;
$custom-light: #8997df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.556,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56171,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.17122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496ED0

secondary

#D7C79E

accent

#B746E2

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496ED0

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

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