#496EE4#496EE4

#496EE4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.184 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EE4
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 228)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 51.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 25.30, -63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 68.74, 291.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% -0.0088 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.184 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3223, 18.1676, 75.7140)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EE4 #E4BF49

analogous

#49BCE4 #496EE4 #7249E4

triadic

#496EE4 #E4496E #6EE449

tetradic

#496EE4 #E449BC #E4BF49 #49E472

square

#496EE4 #E449BC #E4BF49 #49E472

split-complementary

#496EE4 #E47249 #BCE449

monochromatic

#17379C #1F49D1 #496EE4 #7E98EC #B4C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#496EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#496EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496EE4

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496EE4	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.184 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97ed',
    500: '#496ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ee4;
$custom-light: #8d97ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.677,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57562,
    "c": 0.18387,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EE4

secondary

#E3D4A6

accent

#C437F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EE4

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

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