#496FD6#496FD6

#496FD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.164 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FD6
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 214)
HSL	hsl(224, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 48.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 19.76, -57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 60.36, 289.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% -0.0111 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.164 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5655, 17.6384, 65.9260)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FD6 #D6B049

analogous

#49B6D6 #496FD6 #6A49D6

triadic

#496FD6 #D6496F #6FD649

tetradic

#496FD6 #D649B6 #D6B049 #49D66A

square

#496FD6 #D649B6 #D6B049 #49D66A

split-complementary

#496FD6 #D66A49 #B6D649

monochromatic

#1E3A86 #2A50B8 #496FD6 #7B97E1 #ADBEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#496FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#496FD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FD6

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FD6	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#166FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.164 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e3',
    500: '#496fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fd6;
$custom-light: #8a97e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.83,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56782,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FD6

secondary

#DACBA0

accent

#BA42E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FD6

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

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