#496FD8#496FD8

#496FD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.167 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FD8
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 216)
HSL	hsl(224, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 48.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 20.47, -57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 61.47, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% -0.0109 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.167 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8225, 17.7412, 67.2795)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FD8 #D8B249

analogous

#49B7D8 #496FD8 #6B49D8

triadic

#496FD8 #D8496F #6FD849

tetradic

#496FD8 #D849B7 #D8B249 #49D86B

square

#496FD8 #D849B7 #D8B249 #49D86B

split-complementary

#496FD8 #D86B49 #B7D849

monochromatic

#1D3A89 #284FBC #496FD8 #7B97E3 #AEBFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#496FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#496FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #496FD8

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##496FD8	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367CDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F6FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.167 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e5',
    500: '#496fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fd8;
$custom-light: #8a97e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.056,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56919,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FD8

secondary

#DCCCA1

accent

#BB40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FD8

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

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