#496FE8#496FE8

#496FE8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.188 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FE8
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 232)
HSL	hsl(226, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 52.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 26.08, -65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 70.33, 291.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0092 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.188 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9925, 18.6093, 78.7085)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FE8 #E8C249

analogous

#49BFE8 #496FE8 #7249E8

triadic

#496FE8 #E8496F #6FE849

tetradic

#496FE8 #E849BF #E8C249 #49E872

square

#496FE8 #E849BF #E8C249 #49E872

split-complementary

#496FE8 #E87249 #BFE849

monochromatic

#1436A2 #1B49D8 #496FE8 #7F9AEF #B6C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#496FE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#496FE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496FE8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496FE8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.188 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97f0',
    500: '#496fe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fe8;
$custom-light: #8d97f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.66,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58047,
    "c": 0.18798,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FE8

secondary

#E5D6A8

accent

#C634F4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FE8

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

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