#496ED9#496ED9

#496ED9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.169 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496ED9
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 217)
HSL	hsl(225, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 21.44, -58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 62.65, 290.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% -0.0099 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.169 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8436, 17.5761, 67.9263)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496ED9 #D9B449

analogous

#49B6D9 #496ED9 #6C49D9

triadic

#496ED9 #D9496E #6ED949

tetradic

#496ED9 #D949B6 #D9B449 #49D96C

square

#496ED9 #D949B6 #D9B449 #49D96C

split-complementary

#496ED9 #D96C49 #B6D949

monochromatic

#1D398B #284EBD #496ED9 #7C96E4 #AEBFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#496ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#496ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496ED9

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496ED9	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.169 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b97e5',
    500: '#496ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ed9;
$custom-light: #8b97e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56785,
    "c": 0.16908,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496ED9

secondary

#DCCDA2

accent

#BD3FE8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496ED9

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

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