#496EDB#496EDB

#496EDB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.172 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EDB
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 219)
HSL	hsl(225, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 22.14, -59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 63.76, 290.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% -0.0096 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.172 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1053, 17.6808, 69.3046)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EDB #DBB649

analogous

#49B7DB #496EDB #6D49DB

triadic

#496EDB #DB496E #6EDB49

tetradic

#496EDB #DB49B7 #DBB649 #49DB6D

square

#496EDB #DB49B7 #DBB649 #49DB6D

split-complementary

#496EDB #DB6D49 #B7DB49

monochromatic

#1C398E #264DC1 #496EDB #7C97E5 #AFBFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#496EDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#496EDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496EDB

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496EDB	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496edb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.172 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b97e7',
    500: '#496edb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496edb;
$custom-light: #8b97e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496edb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.795,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56924,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EDB

secondary

#DDCEA2

accent

#BE3EEA

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EDB

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

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