#496FD5#496FD5

#496FD5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.162 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FD5
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 213)
HSL	hsl(224, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 47.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 19.41, -56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 59.81, 288.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.0113 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.162 266)
XYZ	xyz(20.4382, 17.5875, 65.2555)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FD5 #D5AF49

analogous

#49B5D5 #496FD5 #6949D5

triadic

#496FD5 #D5496F #6FD549

tetradic

#496FD5 #D549B5 #D5AF49 #49D569

square

#496FD5 #D549B5 #D5AF49 #49D569

split-complementary

#496FD5 #D56949 #B5D549

monochromatic

#1F3A85 #2A50B7 #496FD5 #7B96E0 #ACBEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#496FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#496FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FD5

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FD5	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#196ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.162 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e2',
    500: '#496fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fd5;
$custom-light: #8a97e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56714,
    "c": 0.16242,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.17589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FD5

secondary

#DACAA0

accent

#B942E6

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FD5

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

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