#496EE5#496EE5

#496EE5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.185 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EE5
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 229)
HSL	hsl(226, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 52%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 25.65, -64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 69.29, 291.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.0087 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.185 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4615, 18.2233, 76.4473)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EE5 #E5C049

analogous

#49BCE5 #496EE5 #7249E5

triadic

#496EE5 #E5496E #6EE549

tetradic

#496EE5 #E549BC #E5C049 #49E572

square

#496EE5 #E549BC #E5C049 #49E572

split-complementary

#496EE5 #E57249 #BCE549

monochromatic

#16369D #1E49D3 #496EE5 #7F99ED #B4C3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#496EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#496EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496EE5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496EE5	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.185 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97ee',
    500: '#496ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ee5;
$custom-light: #8d97ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.769,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57634,
    "c": 0.1852,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EE5

secondary

#E3D5A6

accent

#C536F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EE5

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

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