#496FC4#496FC4

#496FC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.139 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FC4
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 196)
HSL	hsl(221, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 43.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 13.48, -48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 50.33, 285.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% -0.0139 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.139 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3924, 16.7692, 54.4814)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FC4 #C49E49

analogous

#49ADC4 #496FC4 #6049C4

triadic

#496FC4 #C4496F #6FC449

tetradic

#496FC4 #C449AD #C49E49 #49C460

square

#496FC4 #C449AD #C49E49 #49C460

split-complementary

#496FC4 #C46049 #ADC449

monochromatic

#243B6F #33549D #496FC4 #7794D3 #A5B8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#496FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#496FC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FC4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FC4	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4878C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.139 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8797d6',
    500: '#496fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fc4;
$custom-light: #8797d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.463,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.556,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FC4

secondary

#CFBF9A

accent

#AF4DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FC4

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

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