#496EDC#496EDC

#496EDC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.173 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EDC
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 220)
HSL	hsl(225, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 50%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 22.50, -60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 64.31, 290.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% -0.0095 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.173 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2374, 17.7336, 70.0000)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EDC #DCB749

analogous

#49B7DC #496EDC #6E49DC

triadic

#496EDC #DC496E #6EDC49

tetradic

#496EDC #DC49B7 #DCB749 #49DC6E

square

#496EDC #DC49B7 #DCB749 #49DC6E

split-complementary

#496EDC #DC6E49 #B7DC49

monochromatic

#1C398F #254DC2 #496EDC #7C97E6 #B0C0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#496EDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#496EDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496EDC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496EDC	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496edc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.173 266.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496edc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.898,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56994,
    "c": 0.17314,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EDC

secondary

#DECFA3

accent

#BF3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EDC

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

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