#496ED7#496ED7

#496ED7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.166 H 266.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496ED7
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 215)
HSL	hsl(224, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 48.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 20.74, -57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 61.53, 289.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% -0.0101 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.166 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5851, 17.4727, 66.5645)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496ED7 #D7B249

analogous

#49B5D7 #496ED7 #6B49D7

triadic

#496ED7 #D7496E #6ED749

tetradic

#496ED7 #D749B5 #D7B249 #49D76B

square

#496ED7 #D749B5 #D7B249 #49D76B

split-complementary

#496ED7 #D76B49 #B5D749

monochromatic

#1E3988 #294FBA #496ED7 #7B96E2 #ADBEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#496ED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#496ED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496ED7

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496ED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496ED7	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.166 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e4',
    500: '#496ed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ed7;
$custom-light: #8a97e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.366,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56647,
    "c": 0.16637,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496ED7

secondary

#DBCCA1

accent

#BC41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496ED7

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

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