#496FC8#496FC8

#496FC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.145 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FC8
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 200)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(222, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 44.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 14.87, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 52.56, 286.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% -0.0132 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.145 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8538, 16.9538, 56.9112)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FC8 #C8A249

analogous

#49AEC8 #496FC8 #6249C8

triadic

#496FC8 #C8496F #6FC849

tetradic

#496FC8 #C849AE #C8A249 #49C862

square

#496FC8 #C849AE #C8A249 #49C862

split-complementary

#496FC8 #C86249 #AEC849

monochromatic

#233B74 #3153A3 #496FC8 #7894D6 #A7B9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#496FC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#496FC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FC8

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FC8	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4579CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.145 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897d9',
    500: '#496fc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fc8;
$custom-light: #8897d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.047,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55855,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FC8

secondary

#D2C19B

accent

#B14BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FC8

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

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