#496EE6#496EE6

#496EE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.187 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EE6
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 230)
HSL	hsl(226, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 52.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 26.00, -64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 69.84, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.0086 -0.1863)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.187 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6016, 18.2793, 77.1847)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EE6 #E6C149

analogous

#49BCE6 #496EE6 #7349E6

triadic

#496EE6 #E6496E #6EE649

tetradic

#496EE6 #E649BC #E6C149 #49E673

square

#496EE6 #E649BC #E6C149 #49E673

split-complementary

#496EE6 #E67349 #BCE649

monochromatic

#16369F #1D48D5 #496EE6 #7F99ED #B5C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#496EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#496EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496EE6

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496EE6	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.187 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97ef',
    500: '#496ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ee6;
$custom-light: #8d97ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.86,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57706,
    "c": 0.18654,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EE6

secondary

#E4D6A7

accent

#C635F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EE6

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

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