#496ED4#496ED4

#496ED4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.162 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496ED4
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 212)
HSL	hsl(224, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 48.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 19.69, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 59.86, 289.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% -0.0105 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.162 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2031, 17.3199, 64.5530)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496ED4 #D4AF49

analogous

#49B3D4 #496ED4 #6949D4

triadic

#496ED4 #D4496E #6ED449

tetradic

#496ED4 #D449B3 #D4AF49 #49D469

square

#496ED4 #D449B3 #D4AF49 #49D469

split-complementary

#496ED4 #D46949 #B3D449

monochromatic

#1F3A84 #2B50B5 #496ED4 #7B95E0 #ACBDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#496ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#496ED4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496ED4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496ED4	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.162 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e2',
    500: '#496ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ed4;
$custom-light: #8a97e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.029,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56441,
    "c": 0.16228,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496ED4

secondary

#D9CAA0

accent

#BA43E5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496ED4

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

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