#496FE6#496FE6

#496FE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.185 H 267.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FE6
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 51.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 25.38, -64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 69.22, 291.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0094 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.185 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7101, 18.4963, 77.2209)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FE6 #E6C049

analogous

#49BDE6 #496FE6 #7249E6

triadic

#496FE6 #E6496F #6FE649

tetradic

#496FE6 #E649BD #E6C049 #49E672

square

#496FE6 #E649BD #E6C049 #49E672

split-complementary

#496FE6 #E67249 #BDE649

monochromatic

#16379F #1D4AD5 #496FE6 #7F9AED #B5C4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#496FE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#496FE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496FE6

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496FE6	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#217FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.185 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97ef',
    500: '#496fe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fe6;
$custom-light: #8d97ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.478,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57903,
    "c": 0.18533,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FE6

secondary

#E4D5A7

accent

#C535F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FE6

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

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