#496cc4

Color #496cc4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.98 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#496cc4

RGB

rgb(73, 108, 196)

HSL

hsl(222.9, 51%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.9, 62.8%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.8%, 44.9%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(47.14, 15.36, -49.81)

LCH

lch(47.14, 52.12, 287.14)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.1426, 265.62)

HWB

hwb(222.9, 28.6%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4a149

Analogous

#49a9c4

#496cc4

#6349c4

Triadic

#496cc4

#c4496c

#6cc449

Split-complementary

#496cc4

#c46349

#a9c449

Tetradic

#496cc4

#a149c4

#c4a149

#6cc449

Square

#496cc4

#c449a9

#c4a149

#49c463

Shades

Color #496cc4 mixed toward black.

#3757a9

#2c4687

#213465

#162344

#0b1122

Tints

Color #496cc4 mixed toward white.

#6784ce

#869dd8

#a4b5e1

#c2ceeb

#e1e6f5

Tones

Color #496cc4 mixed toward gray.

#5370ba

#5d75af

#6879a5

#727e9b

#7c8291

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5bb4 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#5855af · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#4ba5a2 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 24.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #496cc4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496cc4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#496cc4 (#496cc4) is rgb(73, 108, 196) in RGB.

No, #496cc4 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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