#496FD3#496FD3

#496FD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.160 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FD3
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 211)
HSL	hsl(223, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(223, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 47.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 18.71, -55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 58.69, 288.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.0115 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.16 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1859, 17.4866, 63.9268)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FD3 #D3AD49

analogous

#49B4D3 #496FD3 #6849D3

triadic

#496FD3 #D3496F #6FD349

tetradic

#496FD3 #D349B4 #D3AD49 #49D368

square

#496FD3 #D349B4 #D3AD49 #49D368

split-complementary

#496FD3 #D36849 #B4D349

monochromatic

#1F3B82 #2B51B3 #496FD3 #7A96DF #ACBDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#496FD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#496FD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FD3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FD3	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E6ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.160 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e1',
    500: '#496fd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fd3;
$custom-light: #8a97e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.478,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56579,
    "c": 0.15969,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FD3

secondary

#D9C99F

accent

#B844E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FD3

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

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