#496EDA#496EDA

#496EDA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.170 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EDA
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 218)
HSL	hsl(225, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 49.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 21.79, -59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 63.20, 290.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.0097 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.17 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9741, 17.6283, 68.6133)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EDA #DAB549

analogous

#49B6DA #496EDA #6D49DA

triadic

#496EDA #DA496E #6EDA49

tetradic

#496EDA #DA49B6 #DAB549 #49DA6D

square

#496EDA #DA49B6 #DAB549 #49DA6D

split-complementary

#496EDA #DA6D49 #B6DA49

monochromatic

#1C398C #274EBF #496EDA #7C97E4 #AFBFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#496EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#496EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496EDA

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496EDA	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317BDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.170 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b97e6',
    500: '#496eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496eda;
$custom-light: #8b97e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.69,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56854,
    "c": 0.17044,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EDA

secondary

#DDCEA2

accent

#BE3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EDA

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

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