#496ED3#496ED3

#496ED3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.161 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496ED3
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 211)
HSL	hsl(224, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 47.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 19.34, -56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 59.30, 289.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% -0.0106 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.161 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0774, 17.2696, 63.8907)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496ED3 #D3AE49

analogous

#49B3D3 #496ED3 #6949D3

triadic

#496ED3 #D3496E #6ED349

tetradic

#496ED3 #D349B3 #D3AE49 #49D369

square

#496ED3 #D349B3 #D3AE49 #49D369

split-complementary

#496ED3 #D36949 #B3D349

monochromatic

#1F3A82 #2B50B3 #496ED3 #7A95DF #ACBDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#496ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#496ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496ED3

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496ED3	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.161 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e1',
    500: '#496ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ed3;
$custom-light: #8a97e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.913,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56374,
    "c": 0.16091,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496ED3

secondary

#D9C99F

accent

#B944E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496ED3

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

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