#496EDE#496EDE

#496EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.176 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EDE
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(225, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 23.20, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 65.42, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% -0.0093 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.176 267)
XYZ	xyz(21.5038, 17.8402, 71.4033)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EDE #DEB949

analogous

#49B8DE #496EDE #6F49DE

triadic

#496EDE #DE496E #6EDE49

tetradic

#496EDE #DE49B8 #DEB949 #49DE6F

square

#496EDE #DE49B8 #DEB949 #49DE6F

split-complementary

#496EDE #DE6F49 #B8DE49

monochromatic

#1A3892 #244CC6 #496EDE #7D97E7 #B1C1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#496EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#496EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496EDE

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496EDE	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.176 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c97e9',
    500: '#496ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ede;
$custom-light: #8c97e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.101,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57134,
    "c": 0.17584,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.17842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EDE

secondary

#DFD0A4

accent

#C03CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EDE

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

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