#496FB6#496FB6

#496FB6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.119 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FB6
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 182)
HSL	hsl(219, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(219, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 39%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 8.66, -41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 42.54, 281.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% -0.0168 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.119 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8727, 16.1613, 46.4772)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FB6 #B69049

analogous

#49A5B6 #496FB6 #5A49B6

triadic

#496FB6 #B6496F #6FB649

tetradic

#496FB6 #B649A5 #B69049 #49B65A

square

#496FB6 #B649A5 #B69049 #49B65A

split-complementary

#496FB6 #B65A49 #A5B649

monochromatic

#263A5F #37548A #496FB6 #7592C8 #A0B4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#496FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#496FB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FB6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FB6	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5175B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.119 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8597cc',
    500: '#496fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fb6;
$custom-light: #8597cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.083,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54741,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FB6

secondary

#C6B595

accent

#A755D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FB6

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

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