#496FE3#496FE3

#496FE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.181 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FE3
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 227)
HSL	hsl(225, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 51.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 24.33, -63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 67.57, 291.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0097 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.181 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2924, 18.3292, 75.0212)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FE3 #E3BD49

analogous

#49BCE3 #496FE3 #7049E3

triadic

#496FE3 #E3496F #6FE349

tetradic

#496FE3 #E349BC #E3BD49 #49E370

square

#496FE3 #E349BC #E3BD49 #49E370

split-complementary

#496FE3 #E37049 #BCE349

monochromatic

#18389A #204BCF #496FE3 #7E99EB #B3C3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#496FE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#496FE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496FE3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496FE3	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#277EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.181 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c97ec',
    500: '#496fe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fe3;
$custom-light: #8c97ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.195,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57688,
    "c": 0.18133,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FE3

secondary

#E2D3A6

accent

#C338F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FE3

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

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