#496FE9#496FE9

#496FE9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.189 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#496FE9
RGB	rgb(73, 111, 233)
HSL	hsl(226, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 52.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 26.43, -65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 70.88, 291.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% -0.0092 -0.1891)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.189 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1350, 18.6662, 79.4587)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#496FE9 #E9C349

analogous

#49BFE9 #496FE9 #7349E9

triadic

#496FE9 #E9496F #6FE949

tetradic

#496FE9 #E949BF #E9C349 #49E973

square

#496FE9 #E949BF #E9C349 #49E973

split-complementary

#496FE9 #E97349 #BFE949

monochromatic

#1436A4 #1A48DA #496FE9 #809AF0 #B6C5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#496FE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#496FE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #496FE9

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##496FE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##496FE9	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #496fe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 111, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.189 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e97f1',
    500: '#496fe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #496fe9;
$custom-light: #8e97f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#496fe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.75,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58119,
    "c": 0.18931,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#496FE9

secondary

#E6D7A8

accent

#C733F5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #496FE9

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

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