#496bf8

Color #496bf8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 11.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#496bf8

RGB

rgb(73, 107, 248)

HSL

hsl(228.3, 92.6%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.3, 70.6%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.6%, 56.9%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(50.34, 34.16, -74.07)

LCH

lch(50.34, 81.57, 294.76)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.2137, 268.58)

HWB

hwb(228.3, 28.6%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8d649

Analogous

#49c3f8

#496bf8

#7e49f8

Triadic

#496bf8

#f8496b

#6bf849

Split-complementary

#496bf8

#f87e49

#c3f849

Tetradic

#496bf8

#d649f8

#f8d649

#6bf849

Square

#496bf8

#f849c3

#f8d649

#49f87e

Shades

Color #496bf8 mixed toward black.

#1541f6

#082fce

#06239a

#041767

#020c33

Tints

Color #496bf8 mixed toward white.

#6784f9

#869cfa

#a4b5fb

#c2cefd

#e1e6fe

Tones

Color #496bf8 mixed toward gray.

#5774e9

#667ddb

#7586cc

#838fbe

#9297af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5ae0 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#5855da · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#4bcbc6 · ΔE 41.6

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 28.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #496bf8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496bf8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#496bf8 (#496bf8) is rgb(73, 107, 248) in RGB.

No, #496bf8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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