#496FD7#496FD7

#496FD7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.165 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FD7
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 215)
HSL	hsl(224, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 48.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 20.11, -57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 60.92, 289.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% -0.011 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.165 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6936, 17.6897, 66.6007)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FD7 #D7B149

analogous

#49B6D7 #496FD7 #6A49D7

triadic

#496FD7 #D7496F #6FD749

tetradic

#496FD7 #D749B6 #D7B149 #49D76A

square

#496FD7 #D749B6 #D7B149 #49D76A

split-complementary

#496FD7 #D76A49 #B6D749

monochromatic

#1E3A88 #2950BA #496FD7 #7B97E2 #ADBEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#496FD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#496FD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FD7

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FD7	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#136FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.165 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e4',
    500: '#496fd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fd7;
$custom-light: #8a97e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.944,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5685,
    "c": 0.16515,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FD7

secondary

#DBCBA1

accent

#BB41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FD7

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

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