#496FC5#496FC5

#496FC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.140 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FC5
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 197)
HSL	hsl(222, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 43.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 13.83, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 50.89, 285.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% -0.0138 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.14 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5066, 16.8149, 55.0828)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FC5 #C59F49

analogous

#49ADC5 #496FC5 #6149C5

triadic

#496FC5 #C5496F #6FC549

tetradic

#496FC5 #C549AD #C59F49 #49C561

square

#496FC5 #C549AD #C59F49 #49C561

split-complementary

#496FC5 #C56149 #ADC549

monochromatic

#243B70 #32549E #496FC5 #7794D4 #A6B8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#496FC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#496FC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FC5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FC5	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4778C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#346DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.140 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8797d7',
    500: '#496fc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fc5;
$custom-light: #8797d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.613,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55663,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FC5

secondary

#D0BF9A

accent

#AF4DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FC5

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

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