#496FDC#496FDC

#496FDC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.172 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FDC
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 220)
HSL	hsl(224, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 49.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 21.87, -59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 63.69, 290.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0104 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.172 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3459, 17.9506, 70.0361)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FDC #DCB649

analogous

#49B8DC #496FDC #6D49DC

triadic

#496FDC #DC496F #6FDC49

tetradic

#496FDC #DC49B8 #DCB649 #49DC6D

square

#496FDC #DC49B8 #DCB649 #49DC6D

split-complementary

#496FDC #DC6D49 #B8DC49

monochromatic

#1C398F #254EC2 #496FDC #7C98E6 #B0C0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#496FDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#496FDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496FDC

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496FDC	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.172 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b97e7',
    500: '#496fdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fdc;
$custom-light: #8b97e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.49,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57195,
    "c": 0.17193,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FDC

secondary

#DECFA3

accent

#BE3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FDC

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

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