#496FC7#496FC7

#496FC7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.143 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FC7
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 199)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 44.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 14.52, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 52.00, 286.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% -0.0134 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.143 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7373, 16.9072, 56.2977)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FC7 #C7A149

analogous

#49AEC7 #496FC7 #6249C7

triadic

#496FC7 #C7496F #6FC749

tetradic

#496FC7 #C749AE #C7A149 #49C762

square

#496FC7 #C749AE #C7A149 #49C762

split-complementary

#496FC7 #C76249 #AEC749

monochromatic

#233B72 #3253A1 #496FC7 #7894D5 #A7B9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#496FC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#496FC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FC7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FC7	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4678CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.143 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897d8',
    500: '#496fc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fc7;
$custom-light: #8897d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.905,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55791,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FC7

secondary

#D1C19B

accent

#B14BDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FC7

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

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