#496ED6#496ED6

#496ED6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.165 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496ED6
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 214)
HSL	hsl(224, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 48.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, 20.39, -57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 60.98, 289.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.0102 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.165 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4570, 17.4214, 65.8899)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496ED6 #D6B149

analogous

#49B5D6 #496ED6 #6B49D6

triadic

#496ED6 #D6496E #6ED649

tetradic

#496ED6 #D649B5 #D6B149 #49D66B

square

#496ED6 #D649B5 #D6B149 #49D66B

split-complementary

#496ED6 #D66B49 #B5D649

monochromatic

#1E3A86 #2A4FB8 #496ED6 #7B96E1 #ADBEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#496ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#496ED6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496ED6

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496ED6	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.165 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e3',
    500: '#496ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ed6;
$custom-light: #8a97e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.255,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56578,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496ED6

secondary

#DACBA0

accent

#BB42E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496ED6

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

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