#496EE8#496EE8

#496EE8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.189 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496EE8
RGB	rgb(73, 110, 232)
HSL	hsl(226, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 52.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 26.71, -65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 70.95, 292.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0084 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.189 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8840, 18.3922, 78.6723)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496EE8 #E8C349

analogous

#49BDE8 #496EE8 #7449E8

triadic

#496EE8 #E8496E #6EE849

tetradic

#496EE8 #E849BD #E8C349 #49E874

square

#496EE8 #E849BD #E8C349 #49E874

split-complementary

#496EE8 #E87449 #BDE849

monochromatic

#1435A2 #1B47D8 #496EE8 #7F99EF #B6C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#496EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#496EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496EE8

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496EE8	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 110, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.189 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97f0',
    500: '#496ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496ee8;
$custom-light: #8d97f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.038,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57852,
    "c": 0.18919,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496EE8

secondary

#E5D7A8

accent

#C734F4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #496EE8

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

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