#496FD2#496FD2

#496FD2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.158 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FD2
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 210)
HSL	hsl(223, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(223, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 47.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 18.36, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 58.14, 288.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% -0.0117 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.158 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0609, 17.4366, 63.2687)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FD2 #D2AC49

analogous

#49B3D2 #496FD2 #6849D2

triadic

#496FD2 #D2496F #6FD249

tetradic

#496FD2 #D249B3 #D2AC49 #49D268

square

#496FD2 #D249B3 #D2AC49 #49D268

split-complementary

#496FD2 #D26849 #B3D249

monochromatic

#203B81 #2C51B2 #496FD2 #7A96DE #ABBDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#496FD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#496FD2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FD2

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FD2	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#206ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.158 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997e0',
    500: '#496fd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fd2;
$custom-light: #8997e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.358,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56512,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FD2

secondary

#D8C89F

accent

#B744E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FD2

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

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