#496FDE#496FDE

#496FDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.175 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FDE
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 222)
HSL	hsl(225, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 50%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 22.57, -60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 64.80, 290.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% -0.0102 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.175 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6123, 18.0572, 71.4395)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FDE #DEB849

analogous

#49B9DE #496FDE #6D49DE

triadic

#496FDE #DE496F #6FDE49

tetradic

#496FDE #DE49B9 #DEB849 #49DE6D

square

#496FDE #DE49B9 #DEB849 #49DE6D

split-complementary

#496FDE #DE6D49 #B9DE49

monochromatic

#1A3992 #244DC6 #496FDE #7D98E7 #B1C1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#496FDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#496FDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496FDE

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496FDE	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E7DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.175 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c97e9',
    500: '#496fde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fde;
$custom-light: #8c97e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.698,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57335,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FDE

secondary

#DFD0A4

accent

#BF3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FDE

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

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