#496ED8#496ED8

#496ED8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.168 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496ED8
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 216)
HSL	hsl(224, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 49.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 21.09, -58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 62.09, 289.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% -0.01 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.168 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7140, 17.5242, 67.2433)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496ED8 #D8B349

analogous

#49B5D8 #496ED8 #6C49D8

triadic

#496ED8 #D8496E #6ED849

tetradic

#496ED8 #D849B5 #D8B349 #49D86C

square

#496ED8 #D849B5 #D8B349 #49D86C

split-complementary

#496ED8 #D86C49 #B5D849

monochromatic

#1D3989 #284EBC #496ED8 #7B96E3 #AEBEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#496ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#496ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496ED8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496ED8	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.168 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b97e5',
    500: '#496ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ed8;
$custom-light: #8b97e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.476,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56716,
    "c": 0.16773,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496ED8

secondary

#DCCDA1

accent

#BC40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496ED8

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

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